From: Ben Lovell <benjamin.lovell@...>
Date: 2009-06-26T03:24:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Output Problem

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On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Mikem94590 <mike94590@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all.
> I am new to Ruby, and am created a simple program that takes a name,
> and outputs "Hello " + name + ".".  My problem is that this is putting
> the output on multiple lines.
>
> e.g: Hello Mike
>       .
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Below is the simple code I am using:
>
> name = gets
> puts "Hello " + name + "."
> sleep
>
>
gets adds a newline so you should use chomp. Also, string interpolation is
usually preferable to concatenation. This example is better:

name = gets.chomp
puts "hello #{name}."
sleep

Ben

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