From: Alex Ciarlillo <ac251404@...>
Date: 2006-12-20T00:27:29+09:00
Subject: Odd Problem with Command Line Args

For some reason when using command line arguments to specify input
files, whenever I use 'gets' it seems to be reading from the argument
files instead of STDIN.

My code is something like this (simplified):

<code>

emp_file = ARGV[0]
inp_file = ARGV[1]
out_file = ARGV[2]

print "Please enter the first date of the pay period (MM/DD/YYYY): "
date = gets
puts date
exit

</code>

Now instead of allowing me to type a response it is just spitting out
the first line of the file that is given by ARGV[0]. In this case the
file is a list of 3 digit numbers and just spits out "###\n" and exits
without allowing me to type anything. Any ideas on why this is
happening? Do I need to clear 'gets' or something?
Thanks

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