Gets problem - strange

Ruby
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This is a problem that was pointed out by Esteban Velazquez.

% cat gets2.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby

print "getting "; puts gets

Sending the app arguments returns an error:

% ruby gets2.rb fred
gets2.rb:3:in `gets’: No such file or directory - fred
(Errno::ENOENT)
from gets2.rb:3

But, with no arguments, it runs ok.

% ruby gets2.rb
getting foo
foo

The problem is eluding me now. Any help would be appreciated.

Jim F.

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On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 03:21:18AM +0900, Jim F. wrote:

gets2.rb:3:in `gets’: No such file or directory - fred
(Errno::ENOENT)
from gets2.rb:3

But, with no arguments, it runs ok.

% ruby gets2.rb
getting foo
foo

The problem is eluding me now. Any help would be appreciated.

It works like perl in this regard, expecting the arguments on the
command
line to be files the lines of which you want read.

% echo -e “foo\nbar” > some_file
% echo “while l = gets; p l end” > gets.rb
% ruby gets.rb some_file
“foo\n”
“bar\n”

marcel

3

On Jun 11, 2006, at 1:36 PM, Marcel Molina Jr. wrote:

It works like perl in this regard, expecting the arguments on the
command
line to be files the lines of which you want read.

% echo -e “foo\nbar” > some_file
% echo “while l = gets; p l end” > gets.rb
% ruby gets.rb some_file
“foo\n”
“bar\n”

So, I suppose that one needs to empty out ARGV before using gets?

Wow. Really?!

Jim F.

4

Jim F. wrote:

“bar\n”

So, I suppose that one needs to empty out ARGV before using gets?

Wow. Really?!

ARGF really. This bites me sometimes. I have difficulty
remembering the details of how it works.

Hal

5

On Jun 11, 2006, at 19:21, Jim F. wrote:

gets2.rb:3:in `gets’: No such file or directory - fred
(Errno::ENOENT)
from gets2.rb:3

But, with no arguments, it runs ok.

Check the documentation for the method:
http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Kernel.html#M002976

“Returns (and assigns to $_) the next line from the list of files in
ARGV (or $*), or from standard input if no files are present on the
command line.”

You can explicitly use $stdin.gets or STDIN.gets to get the behaviour
you want.

matthew smillie.

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On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 03:44:53AM +0900, Jim F. wrote:

“bar\n”

So, I suppose that one needs to empty out ARGV before using gets?

Wow. Really?!

You want IO#gets not Kernel#gets.

STDIN.gets

marcel