From: Brad Phelan <phelan@...>
Date: 2006-12-20T01:15:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem with string comparison

Lucas Holland wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> The following code:
> 
> name = gets.comp.to_s
> if name == "Bill" or name == "Steve"
>   puts "Wow, you're pretty smart!"
> end
> 
> yields this error, once executed:
> 
> NoMethodError: undefined method ‘comp’ for "Bill":String
> 
> What is wrong with the code?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> chell
> 

Try

 > name = gets.chomp