From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2006-06-22T18:59:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie Questions

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you did well to look at the FAQ but I suppose that the solution is not
there.
You did even better to post the question here and got a correct answer,
though maybe a little bit cryptic for a newcomer. Especially if you do not
know irb

Because

irb(main):016:0> x = gets
> 1
> => "1\n"
> irb(main):017:0> x
> => "1\n"


"1\n" == "1"
   => false
and menuChoiceString contains "1\n" not "1"

BTW you might like this idiom

case menuChoiceString.chomp
    when "1"
             do something clever
    when "2"
           do something smart
   else
         do something fancy
end

irb(main):018:0> x.strip
> => "1"
> irb(main):019:0


#strip is a good alternative to chomp , because it deletes all heading and
trailing whitespace.
If on the other hand heading and trailing whitespace is meaningful in the
input be careful to
use #chomp

-- Elliot Temple
> http://www.curi.us/blog/


If there are more question on this topic feel free to ask off list too.

Hopefully  I was clear enough (time is a constraint in my job :( )

Cheers
Robert

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