Class: CLI

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/askoverflow/cli.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#display_answer(result) ⇒ Object

after a result is selected and the question has been displayed, this displays the result’s full answer.



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# File 'lib/askoverflow/cli.rb', line 64

def display_answer(result)
    4.times {visual_spacer}
    puts "++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
    puts "++++++++++ANSWER++++++++++"
    puts "++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
    puts "#{result.full_a}"
end

#display_question(result) ⇒ Object

after a result is selected, this displays the result’s full question



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# File 'lib/askoverflow/cli.rb', line 55

def display_question(result)
    10.times {visual_spacer}
    puts "++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
    puts "+++++++++QUESTION+++++++++"
    puts "++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
    puts "#{result.full_q}"
end

#display_results ⇒ Object

Display functions, used to display data to the user display_results displays each result’s basic info



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# File 'lib/askoverflow/cli.rb', line 44

def display_results
    Result.all.each_with_index do |r, i|
        puts "++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
        puts "|ID:#{i + 1}| #{r.question.slice(0,60)}..."
        puts "|#{r.answer_count} answer(s) since: #{r.ask_date}"
        puts "|Tags:\t#{r.tags}"
        puts "++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
        puts ""
    end
end

#goodbye ⇒ Object

displays a thankyou message for the user after exit



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# File 'lib/askoverflow/cli.rb', line 7

def goodbye
    10.times {visual_spacer}
    puts "Thanks for using AskOverflow-"
    puts "I hope we helped"
    visual_spacer
end

#greet ⇒ Object

greet, called at program start, greets the user



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# File 'lib/askoverflow/cli.rb', line 3

def greet
    puts "askoverflow"
end

#prompt_next ⇒ Object

after displaying the full question text asks user to press enter to display the answer



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# File 'lib/askoverflow/cli.rb', line 36

def prompt_next
    visual_spacer
    puts "Press enter to read answer"
    visual_spacer
    gets
end

#prompt_result ⇒ Object

asks user for the id number of their desired result



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# File 'lib/askoverflow/cli.rb', line 24

def prompt_result
    puts "enter the id of a result to read further, back to do a new search or exit to quit"
end

#prompt_return ⇒ Object

asks user to press enter to return to the results page



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# File 'lib/askoverflow/cli.rb', line 28

def prompt_return
    visual_spacer
    puts "+++enter to return to results+++"
    visual_spacer
    gets
end

#prompt_search ⇒ Object

prompt functions used to print requests for user input asks the user to search or exit



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# File 'lib/askoverflow/cli.rb', line 20

def prompt_search
    puts "please enter a search or exit: "
end

#visual_spacer ⇒ Object

Helper function used to simplify displaying messages in a visually pleasing way



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# File 'lib/askoverflow/cli.rb', line 15

def visual_spacer
    3.times {puts ""}
end