seebs
5/28/2007 9:22:00 PM
In message <f3ffbi$1h8$1@registered.motzarella.org>, "Crep Cat" writes:
>I would like to export a spreadsheet column to a file;
>read that file into Ruby as an array;
>mess about with that array;
>write the new array out as a file;
>import that file into a spreadsheet.
Should be fine in virtually any language.
>Anyway, would Ruby be a good language for that task?
Sure.
>Would any other language be more suitable?
I don't know. You could probably do it in just about anything.
>Could I get newbie help on file handling here?
Sure!
>Is there a really good introductory book which deals simply with file
>handling?
I don't think so. Too specialized.
Budget a while to get used to programming; it's a new skill, and will
take some time. Once you're used to it, IO should be easy.
-s