From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2007-10-31T02:00:01+09:00
Subject: Re: loop until a key (i.e. enter or ESC) is pressed


On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:38 AM, Wurzel Cidermaker wrote:

>
> def loopy
>
>   loop do
>
>    puts Time.now
>    sleep 1
>
>   end
>
> end
>
> reaper =
> Thread.new do
>    loop do
>      Kernel.exit if gets == 'exit'
>    end
> end
>
> loopy

sorry, my fault, that 'gets' will have a newline on it, this works:

cfp:~ > ruby a.rb
Tue Oct 30 11:01:32 -0600 2007
Tue Oct 30 11:01:33 -0600 2007
Tue Oct 30 11:01:34 -0600 2007
Tue Oct 30 11:01:35 -0600 2007
Tue Oct 30 11:01:36 -0600 2007
exit



cfp:~ > cat a.rb
def loopy
   loop do
    puts Time.now
    sleep 1
   end
end

reaper =
   Thread.new do
      loop do
        Kernel.exit if gets =~ /exit/
      end
   end

loopy


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