Hi there, The escape sequence worked with IRB(Ruby1.8.6) Silly me , when i tried the second time I had just typed the string without the puts command/statement...
Thanks Mark, -- Shree On Apr 13, 8:09 pm, srividya kannan <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried again..this time I downloaded ruby1.8.6 from ruby-lang website > and I tried with the irb from the command prompt, still the same > (undesired)output as in Netbeans... > I am on windows os... > > -- Shree > > On Apr 13, 6:00 pm, The Wizard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This appears to be a "feature" of the NetBeans output window; when I run > > the same commands through "irb" in a terminal window, I see the expected > > result > > > HellWorld > > World > > > but when I try the same in the NetBeans window, I get > > > Hello World > > Hello > > World > > > I am using the NetBeans 7.0M1 beta, and Ruby 1.9 on Mac OS X 10.5.6. > > > Mark Almeida > > > srividya kannan wrote: > > > Hi > > > I was going through the ruby_basics.pdf file. Page 28 in the pdf shows > > > some examples on using escape sequences. > > > I tried them in Netbeans IDE 6.5.1 and found that backspace and > > > carriage return are not giving the desired output. > > > My statements are > > > puts "Hello\bWorld" > > > puts "Hello\rWorld" > > > > And i expected to see > > > HellWorld > > > Hello > > > World > > > > But the actual outcome was > > > Hello World > > > HelloWorld > > > > Wondering whats wrong!!! > > > > Thanks > > > Shree --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ruby-on-rails-programming-with-passion" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ruby-on-rails-programming-with-passion-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-on-rails-programming-with-passion?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
