From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-01-13T02:25:45+09:00
Subject: Re: I/O gets and integers

Hi,

In message "I/O gets and integers"
    on 02/01/13, "linas" <geek@spunge.org> writes:

|Whenever i use gets to retireve user input, it always retrieves it as a
|string. Is there anyway that it can be retireved as an integer (or real
|number)?

Try Integer(str) and Float(str). Method names are self-explanatory.

							matz.