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David McGraw
Courses Plus Student 9,711 PointsMultiple line input in the terminal (Mac)
I'm having a hard time learning how to input multiple lines of code into the terminal.
Right now I'm working on Ruby foundations: Iterations.
Thank you!
6 Answers
David McGraw
Courses Plus Student 9,711 PointsI entered irb --simple-prompt, then entered my code and it worked like a charm!!
Thank you for your help!
sitkibagdat
27,311 PointsYou can use back-slash \ at the end of line to write multiple lines. For example:
>> a = 1 \
>> + 2
=> 3
David McGraw
Courses Plus Student 9,711 PointsYeah its pretty weird because it will go to the next line with this : irb(main):007:1*
sitkibagdat
27,311 PointsIf you want to get rid of prompt things, you can start irb with --simple-prompt option. Like irb --simple-prompt
sitkibagdat
27,311 PointsNot actually weird. If an irb line prompt ends with a " * " instead of " > ", it means you're continuing.
David McGraw
Courses Plus Student 9,711 PointsI'm not seeing >>, I have irb(main):002:0> instead
sitkibagdat
27,311 PointsOk you can think >> as irb(main):002:0>. Did you try to use backslash?
David McGraw
Courses Plus Student 9,711 PointsThat's what I thought as well.
Ok well then must be something wrong with my code.
sitkibagdat
27,311 Pointssitkibagdat
27,311 PointsYou're welcome.