From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-11-17T19:05:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Multiline code on IRB?

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:45 PM, niklas | brueckenschlaeger
<niklas@brueckenschlaeger.de> wrote:
> When you write a line that isn't finished (e.g. end a line with a
> semicolon) ;
> or write a "do" with no "end" do
>  it won't evaluate it until you finish it
> end

In all other cases you can escape the line ending the same way as in a script:

irb(main):001:0> 5 \
irb(main):002:0* + 3
=> 8
irb(main):003:0>

Kind regards

robert

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