(Ruby) Unzip Text File to String

Demonstrates how to open a .zip and extract the 1st file (assuming it's a text file) to a string variable.

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require 'chilkat'

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

zip = Chilkat::CkZip.new()

success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/EC16100.zip")
if (success != true)
    print zip.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Get the 1st file in the .zip
# entry is a CkZipEntry
entry = zip.GetEntryByIndex(0)
if (zip.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print "No files in this zip." + "\n";
    exit
end

fileContents = entry.unzipToString(0,"utf-8")
print fileContents + "\n";