From: David Vallner <david@...>
Date: 2006-11-07T07:39:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby script auto-closes at completion

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John Tar wrote:
> Hi
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> I am a newbie. I am trying to run some small ruby programs to learn a=20
> bit about ruby.
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> everytime i run the following program in windows it auto closes when it=
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> is done, so there is no time to see the final result
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> is there any way to allow it to just freeze and not autoclose...the way=
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> i was doing it,is by putting a gets at the end....but i am sure there i=
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> a better way
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> thanks
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> john
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> code:
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> puts 'what is you first name?'
> name =3D gets.chomp
> a=3Dname.length.to_i
> puts a
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> puts 'what is you midlle name?'
> mname=3Dgets.chomp
> b=3Dmname.length.to_i
> puts b
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> puts 'what is you last midlle name?'
> lname=3Dgets.chomp
> c=3Dlname.length.to_i
> puts c
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> d=3Da+b+c
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> puts  'there are ' + d.to_s + ' characters in your name:' +=20
> mname.swapcase
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A method using less busywork to run the script itself would be adding:

puts "Press ENTER to close."
gets

at the end of the script.

This should only be done in interactive programs, and is a workaround,
but it's Good Enough.

David Vallner


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