From: Matthew Moss <matthew.moss.coder@...>
Date: 2007-03-31T04:07:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie needs a pointer

Offhand, I'd guess that the return value from gets also includes the
newline char(s).
Try:
    name = gets.chomp

On 3/30/07, dwyer@o2.ie <JervisTown@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> Hi all, just started looking at Ruby in earnest today and my logic has failed me already. Can
> someone provide some subtle hints are to where the following code needs attension. Its currently
> stuck in a continuous loop, and 'q' doesnt exit the loop.
>
> #a continous loop until 'q' is press
> puts "Please enter your name?"
> name=gets
> while (name!='q')
>         puts "welcome, #{name}Enter your name again:"
>         name=gets
>
> end
>
>
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