Matt Coffman wrote:

> James Gray wrote:
>> On Aug 22, 2006, at 4:45 PM, Matt Coffman wrote:
>> 
>>>> James Edward Gray II
>>>
>>>
>>> Actually the entire thing - I am currently using VEDIT to work through
>>> this.  I am a newbie to Ruby and wanted to give it a shot.  Thanks in
>>> advance
>> 
>> So you are asking us to write it for you? 

> Not exactly - just looking for guidance - :)

Okay, here's some guidance.

Chances are Ruby will be able to perform the task you describe, once you
describe it with sufficient clarity, and once you acquire the necessary
programming skill, step by step, patiently and persistently.

We'll know you are on track to solve the problem when you start a post with
"here's my code so far ... and here's what happened when I ran it ..."

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com