From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2007-03-01T05:04:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Stepping out on a Limb - some very ugly code

Am Mittwoch, 28. Februar 2007 20:52:44 schrieb Samantha:
> On 2/28/07, Samantha <rubygeekgirl@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2/28/07, Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@googlemail.com> wrote:

> > > 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

> Okay ... I wrote that up and it inputs things, but I have a few
> questions...
>
> 1) After getting the information from the user, I want to be able to output
> the information on the screen and get a confirmation.  I'm assuming that I
> do that with:
>
> contact_info.each do |i|
> puts i
> end
>
> Yes?  So... 1) How do I get this to be 'pretty' or formatted nicely like
> the original code, and 2) How do I get the state abbreviation as all
> upcase?

Just use contact_info["x"] to access information x (e.g. contact_info["street
name"] to access the street name), assuming contact_info is what you called
the hash (although I would recommend just calling it info, because that's less
to type ;-) )

-- 
Ist so, weil ist so
Bleibt so, weil war so