Different between “gets” and “gets.chomp” in ruby

Hi friends,

The main different between “gets” and “gets.chomp” in ruby is, when you get the input from user, using “gets” method the outputs are ‘ll come like “…/n”. i mean the output ‘ll come whatever you gave and at the same time a “/n” also ‘ll come next to the output, because of when we enter the “Enter” button the “gets” method also assume  “Enter” is like as a new line input.

So only, we using the “gets.chomp” method. “chomp” means like “cut”. Because when we using “.chomp” method, it cuts the last parameter like “/n” from input.

Ex:

# The simple program explains "what's the different between 'gets' and 'gets.chomp' method in ruby.
=begin
Program name: gets.chomp.rb
Date written: 03.02.2011
Date modified: 03.02.2011
Author: Tha.Suresh
Licence: GPL
=end

# Main part of the starts here

#!/usr/bin/ruby

puts "After entering something, you can see the the 'New Line': "
a = gets
print a

puts "After entering something, you can't see the the 'New Line': "
a = gets.chomp
print a

Ex: Direct preview in “irb”

[suresh@mercury ~]$ irb

ruby-1.9.2-p136 :001 > a = gets
we
=> “we\n”
ruby-1.9.2-p136 :002 > a = gets.chomp
we
=> “we”

That’a all !!!