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Ruby program to write text into the file

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will create a file using the File class. Then we will write data into the created file using the syswrite() method of the File class and close the file.

Program/Source Code

The source code to write text into the file is given below. The given program is compiled and executed on Windows 10 Operating System successfully.

# Ruby program to write text into the file

# Create a text file.
fobj = File.new("MyFile.txt", "w"); 

# Write data into file
fobj.syswrite("Sample Text");

# Close file object
fobj.close();  

puts "File created successfully";

Output

File created successfully

Explanation

In the above program, we created a file "MyFile.txt" by creating the object fobj of the File class. Then we write text data into the "MyFile.txt" file using the syswrite() method of the File class and close the opened file. After that, we printed the "File created successfully" message.

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