You need to specify the full path for the file unless the file is in the current working directory. : File.new « File Directory « Ruby






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You need to specify the full path for the file unless the file is in the current working directory.


file1 = File.new("Sample", "r")

# Thus the preceding statement should be written as:

file1 = File.new("C:\\Ruby\\Sample", "r")
file1.close








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