From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-03-27T01:00:53+09:00
Subject: Re: gets gets

Excellent explanation!
Perfectly clear.

On Mar 27, 2007, at 12:24 AM, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> On Mar 26, 2007, at 3:17 AM, John Joyce wrote:
>
>> I'm a little surprised at this.
>> In irb, I tried puts gets gets.
>> Why? I don't know.
>> but basically, gets gets, seems to almost act like a heredoc!
>> myString = gets gets
>> puts myString
>
> It's not surprising at all.  First, let's insert the parentheses so  
> we can see it as Ruby does:
>
>   puts(gets(gets()))
>
> Now we see that the right-most gets() call must be resolved first.   
> Assuming you enter the String "END", that will be passed to the  
> left-most gets() call as a parameter.
>
> The parameter to gets() is an input record divider, so it will read  
> ahead until it encounters "END" instead of the traditional "\n".   
> This is the heredoc-like behavior you are seeing.
>
> The result of the second gets() is then printed by puts().
>
> Hope that explains what you are seeing.
>
> James Edward Gray II
>
>