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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/csv.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/csv.rb | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/csv.rb b/lib/csv.rb index 804b941433..d66b84922a 100644 --- a/lib/csv.rb +++ b/lib/csv.rb @@ -1470,11 +1470,12 @@ class CSV # <b><tt>:skip_lines</tt></b>:: When set to an object responding to # <tt>match</tt>, every line matching # it is considered a comment and ignored - # during parsing. When set to +nil+ - # no line is considered a comment. - # If the passed object does not respond - # to <tt>match</tt>, <tt>ArgumentError</tt> - # is thrown. + # during parsing. When set to a String, + # it is first converted to a Regexp. + # When set to +nil+ no line is considered + # a comment. If the passed object does + # not respond to <tt>match</tt>, + # <tt>ArgumentError</tt> is thrown. # # See CSV::DEFAULT_OPTIONS for the default settings. # @@ -2120,10 +2121,12 @@ class CSV # Stores the pattern of comments to skip from the provided options. # # The pattern must respond to +.match+, else ArgumentError is raised. + # Strings are converted to a Regexp. # # See also CSV.new def init_comments(options) @skip_lines = options.delete(:skip_lines) + @skip_lines = Regexp.new(@skip_lines) if @skip_lines.is_a? String if @skip_lines and not @skip_lines.respond_to?(:match) raise ArgumentError, ":skip_lines has to respond to matches" end |