From: "Jesús Gabriel y Galán" <jgabrielygalan@...>
Date: 2009-08-15T06:44:26+09:00
Subject: Re: New to ruby - how can I take this further?

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Fabian
Streitel<karottenreibe@googlemail.com> wrote:
> just some more suggestions:
>
> puts "Please enter your name:"
>> first_name = gets.chomp
>>
>> number1 = rand(100)
>> number2 = rand(100)
>>
>> # I'd use symbols for the operators
>> # also note the snake_case convention
>> operator_array = [:+, :-]
>
>
> I personally prefer %w:
>
> operator_array = %w{+ -}
>
> Especially when you get more entries, %w helps you save time and maintain
> readability.

I use %w a lot, when I want Strings. In this case though, my
preference is to use symbols,
because they represent better what they are used for in this program.

>>  puts "Incorrect. The answer is " + "#{answer}"

> you missed one! :-)

Yep, good catch :-)

Cheers,

Jesus.