From: Guest <pat.eyler@...>
Date: 2006-05-12T10:47:04+09:00
Subject: Re: conversion issues

corey konrad wrote:
> 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.

because it needs to be a string when you print it.


> 
> 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

puts "this is a better number" + i_num.to_s


> 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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