From: smc smc <fixxie.wits@...>
Date: 2007-10-10T12:49:40+09:00
Subject: Re: reading files

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so how would you set it up?

def say_hi(who)
 "hello #{who}"
end
 person_name = File.read("name.txt")
end


i tried messing around with it a little, it kept giving me syntax errors



On 10/9/07, Justin Collins <justincollins@ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>


-- 
Stefan

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