无定义方法gsub:NilClass (NoMethodError)

I have the below code snippet:

我有以下代码片段:

   line_sub = Regexp.new(/\s+|"|\[|\]/)
   tmp = Array.new
    # reading a file
   while line = file.gets
     ... 
     tmp[0],tmp[1] = line.to_s.scan(/^.*$/).to_s.split('=')
    #remove unwanted characters
     tmp.collect! do |val|
       val.gsub(line_sub, "")
     end
    ...
   end