# Extract lines from text file and place in an array

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extract-lines-from-text-file-and-place-in-an-array/151067>\
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**Created:** [October 16, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extract-lines-from-text-file-and-place-in-an-array/151067 "2008-10-16T13:56:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![cogrady2k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@cogrady2k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cogrady2k)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extract-lines-from-text-file-and-place-in-an-array/151067/1 "2008-10-16T13:56:55Z")

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hi i was wondering if anyone cud help

i have this code to read from a text file

def readftxt  
in=IO.read(“input.txt”)

end

how could i adapt it so if multiple lines are entered it could place  
each line in an array?

thanks for any help

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**Author:** ![cogrady2k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@cogrady2k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cogrady2k)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extract-lines-from-text-file-and-place-in-an-array/151067/2 "2008-10-16T14:12:50Z")

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On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Roger Reeks  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> each line in an array?  
> Try IO#readlines:

irb(main):001:0\> IO.read(“test.csv”)  
=\> “z|x|c|v|b|n\na|b|c|d|e|f\n1|699|3|4|5|6\nq|w|e|r|t|y\n”  
irb(main):002:0\> IO.readlines(“test.csv”)  
=\> [“z|x|c|v|b|n\n”, “a|b|c|d|e|f\n”, “1|699|3|4|5|6\n”,  
“q|w|e|r|t|y\n”]

Note that the \n is part of each string.

Jesus.