Console input

I’d ask you why the following code doesn’t works:

data = gets
data.chomp

if data == “a”
puts “True”
else
puts “False”
end

It’s always false. (ruby 1.8.4 in WinXP console)
Thanks for your answers.

Michal wrote:


It’s always false. (ruby 1.8.4 in WinXP console)

“chomp” does not alter the string, it returns a new, modified copy.
“chomp!” does modify the string, and returns nil if no change was
made.

Try these instead:

data = gets.chomp

or:

data = gets
data.chomp!

Cheers,
Dave