James Edward Gray II wrote:
> I'm sure there is.  Off the top of my head (untested!):
> 
> module Kernel
>     def gets() $stdin.gets end
> end
Ah, thanks.  I'll probably just keep using $stdin.gets if there's not a 
really clean way.
> But why not just ask Ruby for what you really meant in the first  
> place?  ;)
puts always goes to $stdout (well, $defout), so I thought that gets 
would read $stdin, or it would be possible to nicely ask it to do so.  I 
don't mind $stdin.gets, but it seems a little odd.  (I realize that I'm 
treading dangerously close to POLSland, so I'll stop.  :)
 > Hope that helps.
I'm always thankful to the community for tolerating my endless stream of 
n00b questions.  :)