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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) How Ruby Works Input and Output

Posted by Matty Gabbitas
Matty Gabbitas
5,933 Points

Terminal is freezing when running ruby hello.rb

when running command ruby hello.rb nothing happens, this is my code

name = gets
puts "Hello #{name}"

i am running ruby 1.9 should i be running 2.0 like jason is?

2 Answers

Ethan Lowry
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Ethan Lowry
Courses Plus Student 7,323 Points
Ethan Lowry
Ethan Lowry
Courses Plus Student 7,323 Points

Your code appears valid (you have those on 2 separate lines in the real thing, right?).

If you just type ruby -v in your terminal, do you get your ruby version number back successfully?

How about typing irb - does that successfully open a ruby console where you can try out these commands?

Just trying to establish if your environment is set up and working correctly.

rowend rowend
rowend rowend
2,926 Points
rowend rowend
rowend rowend
2,926 Points

Maybe the console is waiting for user input....