From: Mikem94590 <mike94590@...>
Date: 2009-06-26T03:35:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Output Problem

On Jun 25, 11:24 am, Ben Lovell <benjamin.lov...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Mikem94590 <mike94...@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.
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> > e.g: Hello Mike
> >       .
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> > What am I doing wrong?
>
> > Below is the simple code I am using:
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> > 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:
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> name = gets.chomp
> puts "hello #{name}."
> sleep
>
> Ben

Thank you for you quick reply.  Your advice worked, and seems like
something that can be used for other purposes as well.