From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezra@...>
Date: 2005-08-13T01:57:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Another newbie question

>
>>
>> How do I request input from the user such as:
>>
>>
>>>> Please enter dollar amount:
>>>>
>>
>> I would like the prompt to display and the user to be able to  
>> enter the
>> data after the prompt.  I thought "gets" would do it but I don't
>> understand how to get the prompt to display.
>>
>>
> ]

Do this first:
$ sudo gem install highline

Then you can get nice prompts like this:


#!/usr/local/bin/ruby

require "rubygems"
require "highline/import"

dollar_amt = ask("Please enter the dollar amount : ")

Then you can just use dollar_amt however you want and when you rub   
your program it will prompt for the input and once it gets it it will  
assign it to dollar_amt. Nice and simple. Thanks to James and Greg.

HTH-
-Ezra Zygmuntowicz
Yakima Herald-Republic
WebMaster
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ezra@yakima-herald.com