From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2003-02-01T00:46:10+09:00
Subject: Re: reading past a file header

ts <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> wrote:
>>>>>> "M" == Martin DeMello <martindemello@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> M> next if ($. == 1) .. (line =~ /^--begin--$/)
> 
> pigeon% cat b.rb
> #!/usr/bin/ruby -v
> IO.foreach('b.rb') do |line|
>   next if 1 .. /^__END__$/ =~ line
>   p line
> end
> __END__
> Some text
> after __END__

$ ruby -v
ruby 1.7.3 (2002-11-17) [i386-mswin32]

$ ruby b.rb 

$ /c/ruby1.6/bin/ruby b.rb 
"Some text\n"
"after __END__\n"
"\n"

martin