I wonder if this would work...  I'm at work with no ruby :(

def favorite_number
  puts "what is your favorite number?"
  puts "this is a better number #{gets.chomp.to_i + 1 }"
end

On 5/12/06, Guest <pat.eyler / gmail.com> wrote:
> Guest wrote:
> > corey konrad wrote:
> >> what is going on here, i dont understand why i keep getting conversion
> >> errors. i am making a conversion from a string to and integer i dont
> >> understand why it isnt working.
> >
> > because it needs to be a string when you print it.
>     (well, actually when you concatenate prior to printing)
>
>
> >> irb(main):041:1>   puts "this is a better number" + i_num
> >
> > puts "this is a better number" + i_num.to_s
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