Read input from console in Ruby?

Question

I want to write a simple A+B program in ruby, but I have no idea how to work with the console.

Answer 1

If you want to make interactive console:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require "readline"
addends = []
while addend_string = Readline.readline("> ", true)
  addends << addend_string.to_i
  puts "#{addends.join(' + ')} = #{addends.sum}"
end

Usage (assuming you put above snippet into summator file in current directory):

chmod +x summator
./summator
> 1
1 = 1
> 2
1 + 2 = 3

Use Ctrl + D to exit