Basic I/O II

io4.rb

Parallel Asst.

# Get the parts of speech.
print "Please enter a past-tense verb: "
verb = gets.chomp
print "Please enter a noun: "
noun = gets.chomp
print "Please enter a proper noun: "
prop_noun = gets.chomp
print "Please enter a an adverb: "
adv = gets.chomp

# See where to put it.
print "Please enter a file name: "
fn = gets.chomp
handle = open(fn,"w")

# Go.
printf(handle, "%s got a %s and\n%s %s around the block.\n",
        prop_noun, noun, verb, adv)
handle.close

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This version opens a file for writing, and writes its output to a file selected by the user. The second argument to open is the same as the second argument to a plain C fopen, except it will default to reading.

The object returned from open is class File.

Basic I/O II

Parallel Asst.