====== Option +skip_lines+ Specifies an object to use in identifying comment lines in the input that are to be ignored: * If a \Regexp, ignores lines that match it. * If a \String, converts it to a \Regexp, ignores lines that match it. * If +nil+, no lines are considered to be comments. Default value: CSV::DEFAULT_OPTIONS.fetch(:skip_lines) # => nil For examples in this section: str = <<-EOT # Comment foo,0 bar,1 baz,2 # Another comment EOT str # => "# Comment\nfoo,0\nbar,1\nbaz,2\n# Another comment\n" Using the default, +nil+: ary = CSV.parse(str) ary # => [["# Comment"], ["foo", "0"], ["bar", "1"], ["baz", "2"], ["# Another comment"]] Using a \Regexp: ary = CSV.parse(str, skip_lines: /^#/) ary # => [["foo", "0"], ["bar", "1"], ["baz", "2"]] Using a \String: ary = CSV.parse(str, skip_lines: '#') ary # => [["foo", "0"], ["bar", "1"], ["baz", "2"]] --- Raises an exception if given an object that is not a \Regexp, a \String, or +nil+: # Raises ArgumentError (:skip_lines has to respond to #match: 0) CSV.parse(str, skip_lines: 0)