From: jake m <aboutit@...>
Date: 2006-05-16T09:33:02+09:00
Subject: Re: learn to program

corey konrad wrote:
> oh ok he is just talking about variable scope it was kind of hard to 
> tell from his example for some resaon, i dont know i think i am going to 
> skip this learn to program book, this chris guy really doesnt know how 
> to explain things to a person with a beginner mind set. i also am having 
> problems running his code examples i really dont  understand how the 
> code below works but when i copy and paste it into the live ruby program 
> all it does is close the live ruby program and shuts it down.
> 
> def ask question
> good_answer = false
> while (not good_answer)
> puts question
> reply = gets.chomp.downcase
> if (reply == ' yes' or reply == ' no' )
> good_answer = true
> if reply == ' yes'
> answer = true
> else
> answer = false
> end
> else
> puts ' Please answer "yes" or "no".'
> end
> end
> answer # This is what we return (true or false).
> end

Corey, that is the definition of a method. to get a result add something 
like
                response = ask 'are you wearing a blue shirt'
                puts response



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