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Ruby

Lee Hughes
Lee Hughes
8,380 Points
Posted by Lee Hughes
Lee Hughes
8,380 Points

Simple interactive program problems

I'm trying to write my own very simple programs but for some reason I can't get this to work: 

puts "What is your first name?"
first_name = gets.chomp
puts "What is your middle name?"
middle_name = gets.chomp
puts "What is your last name?"
last_name = gets.chomp 

puts "Did you know there are ' + first_name.length.to_s + ' characters in your first  name"
puts "and ' + middle_name.length.to_s + ' in your middle name"
puts "and ' + last_name.length.to_s + ' in your last name?"

I'm getting this back via the terminal:

Did you know there are ' + first_name.length.to_s + ' characters in your first name and ' + middle_name.length.to_s + ' in your middle name and ' + last_name.length.to_s + ' in your last name?

No doubt it's something simple but I don't see it. any advice?

Lee Hughes
Lee Hughes
8,380 Points
Lee Hughes
Lee Hughes
8,380 Points

Never mind, I got it to run:

I needed to use single quotes for my puts so: 

puts 'Did you know there are ' + first_name.length.to_s + ' characters in your first name'
puts 'and ' + middle_name.length.to_s + ' in your middle name'
puts 'and ' + last_name.length.to_s + ' in your last name?'