From: Allen Wyma <allen.wyma@...>
Date: 2011-08-12T21:41:50+09:00
Subject: Re: I/O learning resource

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I apologize about that. Wrote from my phone. Auto caps is on.
On Aug 12, 2011 8:36 PM, "Josh Cheek" <josh.cheek@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Allen Wyma <allen.wyma@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Excuse me. I'm guessing you're coming from a zero programming experience.
>> Gets waits for keyboard input and puts displays a string (text) to the
>> screen. Would you like an example?
>>
>> Name = gets()
>> Puts = Name
>>
>> Anything junky about that?
>>
>
>
> Variables that begin with capital letters are constants in Ruby. Probably
> `Name` shouldn't be a constant. Methods aren't constants, so their names
are
> all lowercase, so `Puts` should actually be `puts`. A slight
> reinterpretation of this program:
>
> name = gets
> puts "Hello, #{name}"
>
>
>
> If it makes you feel more comfortable being explicit, this translates
> (approximately) to:
>
> name = $stdin.gets()
> $stdout.puts("Hello, #{name}")

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