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# if given a filename, writes to the file (and returns the filename),
# otherwise, writes to a string. Yields an io object to write to.
def write_file_or_string(filename=nil, &block)
  out = 
    if filename
      File.open(filename,'w')
    else
      StringIO.new
    end
  block.call(out)
  if filename
    out.close
    filename
  else
    out.string
  end
end

Version data entries

54 entries across 54 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
mspire-0.10.8.0	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.10.7.3	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.10.7.2	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.10.7.1	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.10.7	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.10.6	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.10.5	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.10.4	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.10.3	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.10.2	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.10.1	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.10.0	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.9.2	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.9.1	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.9.0	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.8.7	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.8.6.2	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.8.6.1	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.8.6	lib/write_file_or_string.rb
mspire-0.8.5	lib/write_file_or_string.rb