From: "Michael P F." Date: 2013-06-24T06:28:20+09:00 Subject: Re: How do I input a variable floating point number into Ruby Programs I get the following error message in Ubuntu Terminal michael@michael-desktop:~/Desktop$ ruby' michael@michael-desktop:~/Desktop$ ^C michael@michael-desktop:~/Desktop$ Thanks for the effort, anyway Mike Finerty -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.