Use the extract_text data in Ruby rather than a file

[geomic]

Can I just say first.. Docsplit is amazing!

I have this in my code...
Docsplit.extract_text(source_path, :output => destination_path)

Is there a way, however, to "get" the text in Ruby directly?
With the above, I end up with a lovely file that contains text, but it I am to use it, I need to reopen it to get its contents.

As far as I know, setting:

something = Docsplit.extract_text(...)

..would just give me the source filename in "something".

[jashkenas]

Yep -- the text is purposefully handled outside of the Ruby process, so you're not reading the contents of the document as a Ruby string.

... but feel free to read the file afterwards.

[geomic]

Thanks for your reply Jeremy.