James Britt wrote: > You might do better to leave the hard work to ruby: > > IO.readlines( 'filename' ).each{ |line| > ary_values=line.split(,) ^^^ Shouldn't there be quotes around the comma? line.split(',') > #dosomestuffwithit > } > > By using the block form you let Ruby handle the check for EOF and close > the file when done. >