From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2013-01-12T22:25:37+09:00
Subject: Re: How to take information from a text file and add them to an array

On Saturday 12 January 2013 Adam Kennedy wrote
> Hi Im trying to take a list of usernames from a text file then add them
> to an array and check the array for a login verification process. Does
> anyone know how this can be done? Ive searched google and found ways of
> opening a file but and reading it but not actually adding it to an
> array. Or am I going about this the completely wrong way?
> 
> Thanks for your help
> Adam K
> 
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Well, File.read read the file and give you its contents stored in a string. 
File.readlines does the same except that it returns an array where each entry 
contains a line of the file. After that, it's only a matter of extracting the 
information you need from the string(s).

Stefano