From: jpywtora@...
Date: 2007-07-27T08:55:28+09:00
Subject: Re: beginner Q.

I don't know about hh's implementation but how about

irb(main):003:0> print "foo:"; gets().split
foo:this is a test
=> ["this", "is", "a", "test"]

Also, look at highline at http://highline.rubyforge.org/
--
Johnny P

--- Original Message ---
> So, when i first started to learn ruby *about a week or two
> ago*, my
> cousin *who showed me ruby* had me start on a program called
> hackety-hack, which is i type of tutorial thing, it kind of
> gives
> programs a sort of gui also. But i have noticed you cant do
> some of the
> same commands as on the irb main. In hackety-hack there was
> an
> *ask* command, so you could do things like
> var = ask("how old are you")...
> 
> Im wondering if/ or what is the acctual *ask* command?? Because
> im
> trying to write a program for my dad *a chef* which vendors
> have the
> cheapest prices, and its getting annoying writing out all their
> prices
> into 2 different arrays. it would be nice if it could be like
> Array_1 = ask("put in the 1st vendors prices)
> Array_2 = ask("put in 2nd vendors prices) *and then i could
> go on and
> subtract the two arrays*
> 
> Sorry if this is a totaly idiotic question :(!?
> Much thanx for anyones help!
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