From: stomar <sto.mar@...>
Date: 2013-02-08T06:30:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Issues from an extreme beginner

Am 07.02.2013 07:43, schrieb Bruce Palmer:
> Ahh, thank you Matthew! That was just the push I needed!
>
> I don't know what I was thinking before, brain fart perhaps, but I was
> unnecessarily converting back and forth between string and integer.
>
> Anyway, this is the winning program:
>
> puts 'Enter your first, middle and last name:'
> name1 = gets.chomp
> name2 = gets.chomp
> name3 = gets.chomp
> names = name1.length + name2.length + name3.length
> puts 'There are ' + names.to_s + ' character\'s in your name!'

You should make it a habit from the start to use more accurate
variable names, like

   characters = name1.length + name2.length + name3.length
   # or: character_number, total_characters, total_character_number, ...

   puts "There are #{characters} characters in your name!"


stomar