“Dan” falseflyboy@yahoo.comNONO wrote in message
one,two,three,four= lines.slice!(0, 4)
I think you are using slice! when you mean to use split
For example:
lines=“one\ntwo\nthree\n\none1\ntwo2\nthree3\n”
one,two,three,four = lines.slice!(0,4)
p one,two,three,four,lines
#=> “one\n”
#=> nil
#=> nil
#=> nil
#=> “two\nthree\n\none1\ntwo2\nthree3\n”
Is that what you want ?
Please correct me if I misunderstood you.
– shanko