Basic iteration through text

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Howdy!

So I am trying to parse a bit of an ugly text file to a new file, and
hence read each line of the old file, check the line for some conditions
and then execute some other stuff, and then write out some results to a
new file. Here is what I came up with:

my_file = File.new("New_file.txt", "w+")

File.foreach("LOG02.txt") do |line|
       if line =~/^\$GPRMC/.
         my_file.puts line
       else
         print "I did not read this line: #{line}"
       end
end

I have a feeling that I am missing something stupid but not quite sure
what it is.

Good karma for a solution :slight_smile:

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Ben Martinek wrote:

Howdy!

So I am trying to parse a bit of an ugly text file to a new file, and
hence read each line of the old file, check the line for some conditions
and then execute some other stuff, and then write out some results to a
new file. Here is what I came up with:

my_file = File.new("New_file.txt", "w+")

File.foreach("LOG02.txt") do |line|
       if line =~/^\$GPRMC/.
         my_file.puts line
       else
         print "I did not read this line: #{line}"
       end
end

I have a feeling that I am missing something stupid but not quite sure
what it is.

Good karma for a solution :slight_smile:

Okay solved my problem, it was something stupid, like the period I
didn't see after my line match statement.

Nothing to see here people, move along....

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