From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-07-13T15:49:56+09:00
Subject: Re: gets

On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 03:24:30PM +0900, Robert Klemme wrote:
> 2007/7/13, Jeffrey Bowen <ja_bowen@yahoo.com>:
> >Of course the code below will not work because gets is
> >adding /n to the entry.  I know that chomp will remove
> >the /n but is there away to cut the /n without
> >reassigning test1 to another variable IE test2 =
> >test1.comp
> 
> Use chomp!
> 
> >print "test1 "
> >test1 = gets
> >puts test1.class
> >if test1 == "1"
> >        puts "step 1"
> >else
> >        puts "step 2"
> >end

That was the first thing that occurred to me, too, but I think that Chris
Carter's solution is (usually) the better option.  In-place modification
can lead to some difficult-to-track bugs when working with complex code,
and can also be problematic for concurrency -- so I try to stay in the
habit of avoiding in-place modifications.

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