In a Mac I ran the following from the irb: puts "Hello""\n""World" Hello World Maybe it is a NetBeans thing?
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:16 PM, srividya kannan <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
