method

readlines

Ruby latest stable (v1_8_7_72) - 0 notes - Class: Kernel

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readlines(...) public

Returns an array containing the lines returned by calling Kernel.gets(separator) until the end of file.

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     readlines(separator=$/)    => array
 *  
 *  Returns an array containing the lines returned by calling
 *  <code>Kernel.gets(<i>separator</i>)</code> until the end of file.
 */

static VALUE
rb_f_readlines(argc, argv)
    int argc;
    VALUE *argv;
{
    VALUE line, ary;

    NEXT_ARGF_FORWARD(argc, argv);
    ary = rb_ary_new();
    while (!NIL_P(line = argf_getline(argc, argv))) {
        rb_ary_push(ary, line);
    }

    return ary;
}

readlines

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