Module: KtCmdLine

Included in:
KtCommon::ConsoleIO
Defined in:
lib/ktcommon/ktcmdline.rb

Overview

ktCmdLine.rb

Jeff McAffee 10/26/09

Purpose: Command Line helper methods

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#getInput(text) ⇒ Object

Display a short message and collect input from the keyboard.

Accepts either an array of strings or a single string.
When the last array element is printed the cursor will 
stay on the same line waiting for user input.
text

string or array: text to display to user



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# File 'lib/ktcommon/ktcmdline.rb', line 25

def getInput(text)
    lines = text
 *lines = text if text.class != Array
 text = lines.pop
 lines.each {|l| puts l }
 $stdout.write "#{text} "
    i = $stdin.readline
    i.chomp!.strip!
    return i
end