From: Guest <pat.eyler@...>
Date: 2006-05-12T11:36:34+09:00
Subject: Re: conversion issues

corey konrad wrote:
>>because it needs to be a string when you print it.
> 
> oh ok that makes sense, isnt there a getn method for getting number or 
> other data types or do i always have to use gets?

There could be:

irb(main):001:0> def getn
irb(main):002:1> foo = gets
irb(main):003:1> foo.to_i
irb(main):004:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):005:0> bar = getn
123
=> 123
irb(main):006:0> bar
=> 123
irb(main):007:0> bar.class
=> Fixnum
irb(main):008:0>


or

irb(main):008:0> def getaray
irb(main):009:1> foo = gets
irb(main):010:1> foo.split(' ')
irb(main):011:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):012:0> bar = getaray
foo bar baz
=> ["foo", "bar", "baz"]
irb(main):013:0> bar
=> ["foo", "bar", "baz"]
irb(main):014:0>


(neither of these is well written, but work for a proof of concept)

> 
> Thanks


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