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File I/O Exercise
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hamlet_lines.rb
require 'open-uri'
url = "http://ruby.bastardsbook.com/files/fundamentals/hamlet.txt"
local_fname = "hamlet.txt"
File.open(local_fname, "w") {|file| file.write(open(url).read)}
File.open(local_fname, "r") do |file|
file.readlines.each_with_index do |line, idx|
puts line if idx % 42 == 41
end
end
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wiki_page.rb
require 'rubygems'
require 'rest-client'
wiki_url = "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
wiki_local_filename = "wiki-page.html"
File.open(wiki_local_filename, "w") do |file|
file.write(RestClient.get(wiki_url))
end
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