From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2007-12-10T19:14:47+09:00
Subject: Re: new to ruby

From: Imraan Moolla [mailto:imoolla@gmail.com] 
# why does my while loop never end?

check your while condition, pls.
 
# puts 'Please enter a number:'
# number = gets.chomp.to_i

number is an integer

# while number != ''

then you're comparing it w a string