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On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Igor Pirnovar <gooigpi / gmail.com> wrote:

> If you are planning to do some data entry checking on Linux platforms
> you may need to set the STDOUT.sync  rue. I am including a simple
> program to show you the difference. Indeed on MS Windows you will not
> experience any difference if you comment out "STDOUT.sync  rue"; on
> Linux if buffering is turned on you will!
>
> > STDOUT.sync  rue
>
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
>
> STDOUT.sync  rue  # (cross-platform compatibility issue)
>
> loop do
>  print "\n\n\tPLEASE SELECT:\n\n"
>  print "\t\t(1) ..... enter one number\n"
>  print "\t\t(2) ..... enter two numbers "
>  print "(no seoarators like commas, ...)\n"
>  print "\t\t(Q) ..... Quit\n\n"
>  print "\tPlease select one of the above: "
>  answer  ets
>  printf "You've selected %s\n", answer
>
>  case answer.chomp
>  when "1"
>    num  il
>    while num !~ /\d+.*[^\d]*/
>      print "Please enter a single number: "
>      num  ets
>      num.chomp!  # note exclamation mark (!)
>      if num.split(/\s+/).size ! || num !~ /\d+/
>        puts  "You should have entered a single number not [#{num}]"
>        print "Press <Enter> to continue "
>        any  ets
>      else
>        puts "Thank you for [#{num}]."
>      end
>    end
>  when "2"
>    num  il
>    while num !~ /\d+[\s,]+\d+/
>      print "Please enter two numbers: "
>      num  ets
>      num.chomp!  # note exclamation mark (!)
>      if num.split(/\s+/).size !  || num !~ /\d+\s+\d+/
>        puts  "You must enter two numbers number, not [#{num}]"
>        print "Press <Enter> to continue "
>        any  ets
>      else
>        puts "Thank you for [#{num}]."
>      end
>    end
>  when /q|Q/
>    exit
>  else
>    print "Illegal selection; Please try again! "
>    print "Please enter a single number:\n"
>    print "Press <Enter> to continue "
>    any  ets
>  end
> end
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>

I truly appreciate the abundance of suggestions from everyone. I will try
every suggestion and pick one!

Thank you
-- 
Ruby Student

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