From: Alex Gutteridge <alexg@...>
Date: 2007-10-10T14:01:26+09:00
Subject: Re: reading files

The syntax errors are because you have an extra 'end'. You also don't  
ever call your method. Is this what you want?

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

person_name = File.read("name.txt")
puts say_hi(person_name)

On 10 Oct 2007, at 12:49, smc smc wrote:

> 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

Alex Gutteridge

Bioinformatics Center
Kyoto University