From: Ashley Wharton Date: 2008-02-08T07:00:14+09:00 Subject: New user - very basic question ------=_Part_31140_15270014.1202421621896 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi - sorry to bother with such a basic question, but is there a better way to write the following: (before I move on I want to make sure I am following best practice) def require_number number_cur puts number_cur reply = gets.to_i while reply < 100 reply = reply + 1 puts reply end if reply > 100 true require_number 'Please enter a number less than 100: ' end end require_number 'Enter a number: ' Thanks so much! ------=_Part_31140_15270014.1202421621896--