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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Ruby Control Structures The Ruby Else Statement

Brandon Jacobi
Brandon Jacobi
4,702 Points
Posted by Brandon Jacobi
Brandon Jacobi
4,702 Points

I'm a little confused on the .chomp method?

I don't really get what .chomp means. I looked it up and it still doesn't help.

print "Enter name: "
name = gets.chomp

if name == "Jason" 
  puts "That's not my name."
else
  puts "Hi #{name}!"
end

print "Would you like to see your name backwords? (yes or no)"
answer = gets.chomp

So what does .chomp mean?

brian biggers
brian biggers
8,556 Points
brian biggers
brian biggers
8,556 Points

Was this really mentioned in Ruby basics? I just did it and I don't remember this being covered.

2 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Good question! .chomp deletes any whitespace (newlines, tabs, spaces, etc.) at the end of a string only is there is whitespace at the end of the string. If you just used "gets" by itself and inputted "a" then pressed enter, it will return "a\n"! The reason it returns your input followed by a newline is because you type in your input, then press "Enter", which creates an extra newline. That's why most of the time we .chomp the gets so that Ruby will get rid of that extra whitespace. :smile:

Hope it helps and Happy coding! :) ~Alex

Dimitri McDaniel
Dimitri McDaniel
8,718 Points
Dimitri McDaniel
Dimitri McDaniel
8,718 Points

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