Programming Fundamentals/Strings/Ruby
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strings.rb
[edit | edit source]# This program splits a given comma-separated name into first and last name
# components and then displays the name.
#
# References:
# https://www.mathsisfun.com/temperature-conversion.html
# https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming
def get_name()
while true
puts("Enter name (last, first):\n")
name = gets.chomp
index = name.index(",")
if index != nil
break
end
end
return name
end
def get_last(name)
index = name.index(",")
if index < 0
last = ""
else
last = name[0..index - 1]
end
return last
end
def get_first(name)
index = name.index(",")
if index < 0
first = ""
else
first = name[index + 1..name.length]
first = first.strip();
end
return first
end
def display_name(first, last)
puts("Hello " + first + " " + last + "!")
end
def main()
name = get_name()
last = get_last(name)
first = get_first(name)
display_name(first, last)
end
main()
Try It
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