you don't need to use $_ with gets - you can assign the text it reads to any variable: temperature = gets : chomp « Development « Ruby

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you don't need to use $_ with gets - you can assign the text it reads to any variable: temperature = gets

print "Please enter the temperature: "
temperature = gets
$_ = temperature
chomp
temperature = $_
puts "The temperature is #{temperature}."

 

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