From: Julian Fondren <julian@...>
Date: 1998-12-18T14:20:09-06:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:00122] Re: finished simple script

> Hi!
> 
> In message "[ruby-talk:00120] finished simple script"
>     on 98/12/17, Julian Fondren <julian@imaji.net> writes:
> 
> >#!/usr/bin/env/ruby
> >print "Input two numbers to multiply together: \n"
> >ans1, ans2 = STDIN.gets.chomp.scan(/\d+/).collect { |x| x.to_i }
> >
> >while !ans1
> >	if !ans1
> >		ans1, ans2 = STDIN.gets.to_i, STDIN.gets.to_i
> >	end
> >end
> >while !ans2
> >	if !ans2
> >		ans2 = STDIN.gets.to_i
> >	end
> >end
> 
> >curiously, ``.'' is translated to an integer as ``32''
> 
> Humm... I can't find such situation for the above script :-(
> Would you tell me what input shows that ``.'' is translated to 32, 
> or explain me the reason why you think so? 

I don't know. Yesterday 1 * . gave 32.. but then yesterday this script
also allowed me to press enter 2000 times, 1, enter 2000 times, 2 and
get the answer of 2. Strange.

> -- gotoken
> 
> # private note: 
> # I'm now considering your correction yet. sorry for delaying. > Julian
>