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Why is this regular expression (pat) not working? According to documentation, scan takes both string and regexp. [CODE]irb(main):001:0> pat = '\d+ (\w+) \(\d+\)' => "\\d+ (\\w+) \\(\\d+\\)" irb(main):002:0> string = 'dfasdf 1 up (2009) sdfasdf 2 walle (2008) adfasdf' => "dfasdf 1 up (2009) sdfasdf 2 walle (2008) adfasdf" irb(main):003:0> …

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After twitter, many people are ready to do projects with ruby on rails, let me tell you frankly i dont know even a inch about it, I just know basic languages like javascript, xml, html , asp. Give me a roadmap how to read ruby on rails and master at …

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Hello everyone, I am a newbie to Ruby. I installed Instant Rails on a Windows Vista machine and whenever I started the InstantRails, it gave an error message "Either Apache or MySQL cannot run because another program is using it's ports." I have checked my firewall settings and couldn't figure …

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Hi! Does anyone know of a good tutorial for installing Ruby with Php, Apache and MySQL. I have tried InstantRails but i want to install it without using the instant option! Thanks.

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Hi, Can some one tell me how to create elements like (text, tables) in memory, then edit them in memory and finally print it on a file. Thanks, K

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Hi, I am new to ruby programming. I would like to know how to create a document and add elements like texts and tables. I also need to modify those and then write them into a file. Is it possible to do it with Ruby? Thanks, K

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anyone here who could help me make a webpage using ruby? is it possible? im having a hard time..

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1) Is it possible to install Ruby (the compiler) onto a flashdrive and run it on another machine without adding the registry edits? Is there like a portable copy of the compiler that I can use? I need Ruby at school, but I can't install anything. 2) I think my …

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How would I go about writing a Mad Libs program? Any examples would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Hey! I have a strange problem. When developing with Ruby on Windows Xp, if I try to run the .rb file with [CODE]ruby mycode.rb[/CODE] The execution stops returning: [CODE]/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-cygwin/sdl.so: [BUG] Segmentation fault[/CODE] Of course, /usr makes no sense in windows. On the other hand, if I simply double-click mycode.rb from …

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Research released this week by Evans Data showed that 73 percent of the market currently use or plan to adopt the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_framework]Spring application framework for Java[/url] within the next two years. More remarkable is that 83 percent of companies with 500 or more developers use Spring, according to the study[/url]. …

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[URL="http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/"]Multiple arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in Ruby[/URL] have been revealed by the [URL="http://www.apple.com/support/security/"]Apple Product Security[/URL] team which could lead to Denial of Service attacks. A total of five vulnerabilities have been reported, with versions impacted being: [INDENT]1.8.4 and all prior versions 1.8.5-p230 and all prior versions 1.8.6-p229 and all prior …

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If you’re a Ruby or Python developer building AJAX applications, you’ve got to learn JavaScript. Even if you’re converting Ruby code to client-side JavaScript with a tool like [URL= http://www.scribd.com/doc/220397/RJShow-it-works] RJS[/URL], it can still be helpful to know the AJAX component for adding features and debugging. Now Microsoft is promoting …

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A simple domain name checker. This script use service from who.is Usage: ruby domainchecker.rb <domain_name>

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I needed a way to spawn multiple threads, have them monitored, and restarted if an error occured. I came up with the following. This snippet is from a larger program, so if there is a problem please let me know. This is for command line and tested on Linux (well, …

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This is a simple, but complete (pseudo) random password generator. Examples of usage: [code] $ ruby pgen.rb soovmuvytv $ ruby pgen.rb --length=20 bynnugipyeeghdbihcdn $ ruby pgen.rb --length=20 -n v3ji3awj1trzjlda5oax $ ruby pgen.rb --length=20 -np :sa6vafpummpttjp?qo: [/code] For complete usage guidelines, run [inlinecode]$ ruby pgen.rb --help[/inlinecode] This (hopefully) serves as both …

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Using an SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) wrapper is one way to play sound and music with Ruby. I have tested this snippet with .MID .MOD and .WAV files and it performs well. There are several SDL wrappers for Ruby available, I picked RUDL because of its simplicity. RUDL is great …

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Okay, this introduces two new things into the widget. The first thing you need is a picture file (.jpg, .png, .bmp etc...). The new code makes the picture into the button with the text "Hello, World" on the side. In the parentheses next to File.open you would put the file …

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This is kind of an extension to my previous code snippet. This language is really fun to use. I find it pretty easy to use and understand. This will create a window with a button.

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This is a basic window coded in Ruby. To download Ruby go to [url]www.ruby-lang.org[/url] and download the latest version. The latest version includes the FX toolkit that is needed to create this window.

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Hello, I'm learning Ruby, and i want to know how to compress files using Ruby. Thanks, Nathan Paulino Campos

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What are names starting with the ":", are they variables, constants or something else? drjay

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Hi guys.. I want to learn Ruby on Rails.. Actually I already have a Computer Based Training CD in Ruby on Rails by Lynda.com.. But I'm having a hard time in deploying the requirement 'coz in the training video the speaker is working on Mac OS.. But I'm using Windows.. …

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I'm experimenting with ruby and watir for parsing data from the web. I'm having no problem getting info from standard fields, however I've come across a listbox on one of the pages I'm looking at, and I want to find an easy way of getting the number if items returned …

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I have been struggling for days on just the first part of this script. Please help! I need to add the ability to delete the last column of each csv, which vary in their lengths. [CODE] require 'rubygems' require 'roo' require 'fileutils' require 'rio' FileUtils.mkdir_p "/Users/pshapiro/Desktop/Excel/xls" FileUtils.mkdir_p "/Users/pshapiro/Desktop/Excel/tmp" FileUtils.mkdir_p "/Users/pshapiro/Desktop/Excel/csv" …

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i'm a java c/c++ person. trying out ruby for the 1st time! how do i do something like this in ruby: [code] //this is java public static void main ( String args [] ) { File inFile = new File ( args [ 0 ] ); File outFile = new …

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I need a Good resource for ruby...as am fresh to ruby...need to learn from sctrach...suggest form source where i can learn from scratch

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Hai I am sathiya, I install redmine in the mandriva linux server. Redmine is already running in mandriva in port number 3000. i want to install another copy of redmine in the same server . but it taking the port number 3000 as default. HOW DO I CHANGE THE PORT …

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How long does it take to count 1 billion? Determine the amount of time it takes the program. [CODE]Int i,j,k, count=0; For (i=0; i<N; i++) For (j=0; j<N; j++) For (k=0; k<N; k++) count++[/CODE] to complete in your programming environment, for N=1000, and 1000. If your compiler has optimization features …

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Hi I starting to work with ruby and soap and had a question : 1. how do I generate a WSDL file for the service I created ? will it be compatible with an .NET client ? Thanks, Gady ---------------------------------------------------------------- [code=ruby]begin class MyServer < SOAP::RPC::StandaloneServer # Handler methods def add(a, …

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