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[File] in ruby

[File] in ruby

Cs Student	22 May, 2009 - 11:51 PM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 9 Jan, 2009 Posts: 11 My Contributions	hi how i can open text file in ruby and count the number of characters in it ?
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vikhyat	RE: [File] In Ruby 23 May, 2009 - 01:45 AM Post #2
New D.I.C Head Joined: 14 Feb, 2009 Posts: 5 Thanked: 1 times My Contributions	You'd want to look at these- http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/File.html http://pleac.sourceforge.net/pleac_ruby/filecontents.html http://numericalruby.com/2007/06/22/readin...file-with-ruby/ One way of doing it would be to open the file and read it line-by-line, counting the number of characters in each line as you go. An easier way would be to open the file, read all of it's contents into a string and get the length of the string. CODE file_contents = File.new(filename).read This post has been edited by vikhyat: 23 May, 2009 - 01:46 AM
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jcvaldezo	RE: [File] In Ruby 12 Jun, 2009 - 11:55 AM Post #3
New D.I.C Head Joined: 11 Jun, 2009 Posts: 1 Thanked: 1 times My Contributions	QUOTE(vikhyat @ 23 May, 2009 - 01:45 AM) You'd want to look at these- http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/File.html http://pleac.sourceforge.net/pleac_ruby/filecontents.html http://numericalruby.com/2007/06/22/readin...file-with-ruby/ One way of doing it would be to open the file and read it line-by-line, counting the number of characters in each line as you go. An easier way would be to open the file, read all of it's contents into a string and get the length of the string. CODE file_contents = File.new(filename).read No need to open the file if yo use: CODE f = File.size("../search.out") substituting search.out for your file's name
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