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The Ruby Programming Language - what are your thoughts? 22 29 (3/4/2008 3:04:55 AM) comp.lang.ruby hi, does anyone have a copy of this book, and if so what do you think of it? how does it compare to other ruby books? thanks, eb ... Esmail

maximum size of hash key? 2 35 (3/3/2008 11:07:44 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hi, Is there a maximum size for the key in a hash? If I am using an array or a string as the key, will I run into trouble if the data is too big? How big? EB ... Esmail

simple question re Hash and arrays 3 32 (3/2/2008 11:45:40 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hello all, How come Hash[1,2,3,4] works, but a=[1,2,3,4] Hash[a] doesn't? ... Esmail

eliminate duplicate sequences from file 3 27 (3/1/2008 3:21:05 AM) comp.lang.ruby A few months back I asked for suggestions to parse a file that contained this type of data: >label_1 AAACCCCCCCTTTTTAAAAA AAACCCCCCCTTTTTAAAAA AAACCCCCCCTTTTTAAAAA TT >label_2 AAACCCCCCCTTTTTAAAAA AAACCCCCC... Esmail

using reg expr with array.index 23 29 (12/26/2007 10:32:37 PM) comp.lang.ruby If I have an array ar of strings that contains for instance aaaa bbbb cccc >dddd eeee dddd cccc etc. is there a way to use ar.index with a regular expression to get the index of the line >dddd I've tried ar... Esmail

array.index(obj, start)? 2 46 (12/26/2007 6:48:05 PM) comp.lang.ruby Hi array.index(obj) will return the index of the item in the array. I am unable to find a version of this that allows one to specify a starting index in place of the default 0 start, is there such a function?... Esmail

image browser for windows? 3 32 (12/23/2007 12:59:57 PM) comp.lang.ruby Hi, how complicated would it be to put a basic image browser for windows to display directories that contain .jpg .gif etc images? A file picker would be nice, but that would require some basic GUI code which... Esmail

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The Ruby Programming Language - what are your thoughts? 22 29 (3/4/2008 3:04:55 AM) comp.lang.ruby hi, does anyone have a copy of this book, and if so what do you think of it? how does it compare to other ruby books? thanks, eb ... ebonak_delme (32)

maximum size of hash key? 2 35 (3/3/2008 11:07:44 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hi, Is there a maximum size for the key in a hash? If I am using an array or a string as the key, will I run into trouble if the data is too big? How big? EB ... ebonak_delme (32)

simple question re Hash and arrays 3 32 (3/2/2008 11:45:40 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hello all, How come Hash[1,2,3,4] works, but a=[1,2,3,4] Hash[a] doesn't? ... ebonak_delme (32)

eliminate duplicate sequences from file 3 27 (3/1/2008 3:21:05 AM) comp.lang.ruby A few months back I asked for suggestions to parse a file that contained this type of data: >label_1 AAACCCCCCCTTTTTAAAAA AAACCCCCCCTTTTTAAAAA AAACCCCCCCTTTTTAAAAA TT >label_2 AAACCCCCCCTTTTTAAAAA AAACCCCCC... ebonak_delme (32)

using reg expr with array.index 23 29 (12/26/2007 10:32:37 PM) comp.lang.ruby If I have an array ar of strings that contains for instance aaaa bbbb cccc >dddd eeee dddd cccc etc. is there a way to use ar.index with a regular expression to get the index of the line >dddd I've tried ar... ebonak_delme (32)

array.index(obj, start)? 2 46 (12/26/2007 6:48:05 PM) comp.lang.ruby Hi array.index(obj) will return the index of the item in the array. I am unable to find a version of this that allows one to specify a starting index in place of the default 0 start, is there such a function?... ebonak_delme (32)

image browser for windows? 3 32 (12/23/2007 12:59:57 PM) comp.lang.ruby Hi, how complicated would it be to put a basic image browser for windows to display directories that contain .jpg .gif etc images? A file picker would be nice, but that would require some basic GUI code which... ebonak_delme (32)

[ot?] is this the right ng 3 48 (12/19/2007 9:10:01 AM) comp.lang.ruby I'm now starting to use ruby on rails to develop web applications. Is this the right ng for rails? thanks ... proftoglimipeloso (10)

Ruby Pocket Reference 22 21 (8/27/2007 5:39:53 AM) comp.lang.ruby I picked up the new OREILLY book Ruby Pocket Reference today, by Michael Fitzgerald. I've got to say, it keeps with the high quality of almost every Ruby / Rails book out there! A nice little tomb that fits... dangerwillrobinsondanger (913)

How can I make this if/else more succinct? 12 27 (8/25/2007 2:34:58 AM) comp.lang.ruby How can I make this if/else more succinct? Video.find(:all).each do |video| if video._3gp ext=".3gp" elsif video._3g2 ext=".3g2" elsif video.mp4 ext=".mp4"... eggie5 (73)