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Ruby- gets issue

I'm currently in the process of learning ruby, and I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or the compiler is, but this code:

puts "Name?"
name = gets
puts "Welcome " + name

Outputs:

#blank line waiting for input, if gotten input
Prints input, Name? And Welcome Name

I want it to do something like python's input("Name? ")

Solution

  • You can write your own Python equivalent input method: 

    def input(prompt)
  print(prompt)   # Output prompt
  $stdout.flush   # Flush stdout buffers to ensure prompt appears
  gets.chomp      # Get user input, remove final newline with chomp
end

    Now we can try it:

    name = input('What is your name? ')
puts "Welcome #{name}"

    For more information on the methods used here. See these: