Show surrounding words when searching for a specific word in a text file (Ruby)
- by Ezra
Hi, I'm very new to ruby. I'm trying to search for any instance of a word in a text file (not the problem). Then when the word is discovered, it would show the surrounding text (maybe 3-4 words before and after the target word, instead of the whole line), output to a list of instances and continue searching.
Example
"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
Search word = "jumped"
Output = "...brown fox jumped over the..."
Any help is appreciated. Thanks! Ezra
def word_exists_in_file
f = File.open("test.txt")
f.each do line
print line
if line.match /someword/
return true
end
end
false
end
