From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2010-08-07T20:05:51+09:00
Subject: Re: A problem with "puts"

Hi --

On Sat, 7 Aug 2010, Amir Ebrahimifard wrote:

> Hi
> Considering that , "puts" always return "nil" why in below code the
> highlighted part of code just print the contents of
> "first,second,third,forth" variable ? for example content of "first"
> variable is "nil" and when we type "puts first" ruby must execute 2
> times "nil" .
>
> def test1 number
> puts "test1"*number
> end
>
> def test2 number
> "test2"*number
> end
>
>
> def test3 number
> "test3"*number
> puts "test3"*number
> end
>
>
> def test4 number
> puts "test4"*number
> "test4"*number
> end
>
> puts "-------------------1-------------------"
>
> first=test1(1)
> second=test2(2)
> third=test3(3)
> forth=test4(4)
>
> puts "-------------------2-------------------"
>
> first
> second
> third
> forth
>
> puts "-------------------3-------------------"
>
> **************
> puts first   *
> puts second  *  <= This is highlighted part of code
> puts third   *
> puts forth   *
> **************

I don't think I understand your question. Can you show the output you
get, and the output you expect?


David

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