Hi, you can try parse lines with regexp as follows:

hash = {}
File.open("RubyTokens.txt") do |f|
  f.each_line do |line|
    line =~ /"([^"]+)"=>(\d+),/
    hash[$1] = $2.to_i
  end
end

On 27 srp, 07:49, James Rasmussen <jamesras... / gmail.com> wrote:
> Update:
>
> For example, I'm trying something like this:
>
> hash_table = file_contents.each { |line| Hash[line.to_s] }
>
> And it's obviously giving me an error. With my limited programming
> skills, and my terminally-ill Ruby skillset, this is proving rather
> difficult. Thanks in advance for any help.
>
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