From: Matthew Moss <matt@...>
Date: 2008-11-19T10:48:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Syntax question from a newbie to Ruby

> i got it to work with this:
>
> puts 'Hello what is you\'re Favorite Number?'
> number = gets.chomp
> puts''
> puts'-----------------------------------------------------'
> puts 'Your favorite number is ' ''+ number + '?'
> puts ''
> puts 'What a Lovely Number!'
> puts ''
> newnumber = (number.to_i + 1.to_i)
> puts 'I think ' + newnumber.to_s + ' may be a better favorite number
> though...'
> puts '-----------------------------------------------------'
>
> is there a way to get it to work with another variable (newnumber)
> adding them first then converting it to a string in the text line?


Also, try this:

puts <<EOT
-----------------------------------------------------
Your favorite number is #{number}?

What a Lovely Number!

I think #{number.to_i + 1} may be a better favorite number though...
-----------------------------------------------------
EOT