From: Justin Collins <justincollins@...>
Date: 2007-10-10T10:24:44+09:00
Subject: Re: reading files

smc smc wrote:
> this is just a very basic example but how would you make it so that a user
> may put their name (or some other info) into a file and then the program
> reads it and sets it as a variable?
>
> so like:
>
> def say_hi(who)
> result = "hello " + who
> return result
> end
>
> puts say_hi(person_name)
>   
To read a file:

person_name = File.read("somefile")

To read from command line:

person_name = gets.strip

To make your say_hi shorter:

def say_hi(who)
  "hello #{who}"
end


Hope that helps.

-Justin