assign the file handle to a class or instance variable: : file handle « File Directory « Ruby

1. Ruby
2. File Directory
3. file handle

assign the file handle to a class or instance variable:

class MyFile
  attr_reader :handle

  def initialize(filename)
    @handle = File.new(filename, "r")
  end

  def finished
    @handle.close
  end
end

f = MyFile.new("text.txt")
puts f.handle.gets
f.finished

 

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