make Ruby strings behave like files - Ruby Snipplr Social Repository

Revision: 5540

at March 13, 2008 18:38 by cczona

Initial Code

require 'stringio'

sio=StringIO.new('acts like a file')
puts sio.pos # => 0
sio.pos= sio.length - 4
puts sio.read # => 'file'

Initial URL

http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/rubyOneEightOh.html

Initial Description

This is handy for testing, when you need to simulate an open file or open URI.  Why, and the Pickaxe book, have better examples

Initial Title

make Ruby strings behave like files

Initial Tags

url, file, ruby

Initial Language

Ruby