STDOUT to StringIO

[Fredrik]

I know that I can redirect my standard output to a file like this:

STDOUT.reopen(File.open(filename,'w'))

But then, why can't I redirect it to a string like this? :

output = StringIpen('','w')
STDOUT.reopen(output)

TypeError: can't convert StringIO into String

Can somebody see what I am doing wrong?

Thanks a lot!
Fredrik

 

[Ryan Davis]

I know that I can redirect my standard output to a file like this:

STDOUT.reopen(File.open(filename,'w'))

But then, why can't I redirect it to a string like this? :

output = StringIpen('','w')
STDOUT.reopen(output)

Can somebody see what I am doing wrong?

=> "blah\n"

 

[Eric Hodel]

=> "blah\n"

Also:

http://blog.segment7.net/articles/2006/08/17/stdout-vs-stdout