From: niall munnelly <aleph@...>
Date: 2002-06-08T06:29:02+09:00
Subject: big dumb very newbie question

hello - 

i'm not just new to ruby, i'm quite new to programming in general (beyond
some massively kludgy shell scripts).

i've been rtfming, but haven't found an answer yet, so i'd be most
appreciative for any gentle nudges in the right direction.

right now i'm working on a little script that will output x number of
iterations of a user-defined statement.



print "what comment should i use?\n"

$enterComment = STDIN.gets

        $enterComment.chop!

print "how many iterations do you want?\n"

$enterNumber = STDIN.gets

        $enterNumber.chop!

$total = $randomComment + $enterComment + $protect

print $total * $enterNumber


the script breaks on this last line, when i attempt to print $total
$enterNumber times.  printing $total * 10 yields the expected results;
printing $enterNumber alone yields the expected result, but i can't get that
"print $total * $enterNumber" line to work.


help?


thanks....

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