From: corey konrad <0011@...>
Date: 2006-05-12T10:41:47+09:00
Subject: conversion issues

what is going on here, i dont understand why i keep getting conversion 
errors. i am making a conversion from a string to and integer i dont 
understand why it isnt working.

irb(main):036:0> def favorite_number
irb(main):037:1>   puts "what is your favorite number?"
irb(main):038:1>   s_num = gets.chomp
irb(main):039:1>   i_num = s_num.to_i
irb(main):040:1>   i_num = i_num+1
irb(main):041:1>   puts "this is a better number" + i_num
irb(main):042:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):043:0> favorite_number
what is your favorite number?
5
TypeError: can't convert Fixnum into String
	from (irb):41:in `+'
	from (irb):41:in `favorite_number'
	from (irb):43
	from :0

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