From: Mark Woodward <markonlinux@...>
Date: 2007-12-10T19:25:01+09:00
Subject: Re: new to ruby


Hi Imraan,

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:55:51 -0500
Imraan Moolla <imoolla@gmail.com> wrote:

> why does my while loop never end?
> 
> puts 'Please enter a number:'
> number = gets.chomp.to_i

   casting to an integer

> while number != ''

   this is a string
   (while number > 0)

>   if number > 0
>     puts 'You have entered a number greater than 0'
>   end
>   puts 'Please enter a number'
>   number = gets.chomp.to_i

   casting to an integer

> end
> puts 'Goodbye!'


cheers,


-- 
Mark