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Saving Data Back to the CSV File



require 'csv'
people = CSV.read('text.txt')
laura = people.find { |person| person[0] =~ /Laura/ }
laura[0] = "Lauren Smith"

CSV.open('text.txt', 'w') do |csv|
  people.each do |person|
    csv << person
  end
end

//File: text.txt
F,M,M,45
L,C,F,23
D,P,F,38








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