From: Samantha Date: 2007-03-01T04:37:29+09:00 Subject: Re: Stepping out on a Limb - some very ugly code ------=_Part_45678_8825001.1172691445478 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 2/28/07, Sebastian Hungerecker wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 28. Februar 2007 18:56:25 schrieb Samantha: > > puts("Please enter your street number: ") > > street_number = gets.chomp! > > puts("Please enter your street name: ") > > street_name = gets.chomp.capitalize! > > puts("Please enter your city name: ") > > city_name = gets.chomp.capitalize! > > puts("Please enter your state: ") > > state_name = gets.chomp.upcase! > > puts("Please enter your zip code: ") > > zip_code = gets.chomp! > > How about something like this instead? > > data=Hash.new > ["street number","street name","city name","state","zip code"].each do |i| > puts("Please enter your #{i}: ") > data[i]=gets.chomp > end That's an angle I hadn't even thought of! Thank you! HTH, > Sebastian > -- > NP: Anathema - Suicide Veil > Ist so, weil ist so > Bleibt so, weil war so > > -- Samantha http://www.babygeek.org/ "Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk." --Ralph Waldo Emerson ------=_Part_45678_8825001.1172691445478--