From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-12-20T03:53:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem with string comparison

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On 12/19/06, Lucas Holland <hollandlucas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
> I've found the problem. Apparently, you can't explicitly convert
> gets.chomp to a string (it is a string anyways, eh?), so name =
> gets.chomp will do fine!


Um sure you can. Its pointless but you can. Your problem was, as many other
people pointed out, that you mispelled "chomp" as "comp".

chell
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