Marcin Miel¥Ê¥·y¥Ê§Ôki wrote: > Gonzalo Rubio wrote: > >> in a nutshell, my code goes like this: >> File.open('sound.dat', 'r').each_byte do |byte| >> #...stuff to process the data... >> end > > open('sound.dat', 'rb') > > > lopex nice! i just couldn't find it in the pickaxe 2 and forgot that ruby handles file open modes just like in C thanks for your help. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.