Daniel Harple wrote: > On May 12, 2006, at 3:53 AM, corey konrad wrote: > >> oh ok that makes sense, isnt there a getn method for getting number or >> other data types or do i always have to use gets? > > You can use scanf: > > require 'scanf' > scanf("%d") # -> [10] > scanf("%f") # -> [10.0] > > -- Daniel hmm i cant find a description of scanf in the documentation for some reason. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.