User Input

In Ruby, user input is made possible by the #gets method. During the executing of a Ruby program, when a line with the #gets method is read, the terminal is primed for input from the user. The input is returned as a string type after the #gets method is finished.

name = gets
 
puts "My name is #name>!" 
 
The output would be:
Melanie My name is Melanie ! 
If just the #gets method is used, the keystroke on the Enter key is submitted with rest of the input, hence why the ! is on a new line. This can be avoided with the #chomp method:
name = gets.chomp
 
puts "My name is #name>!" 
 
The output would be:
Brandon My name is Brandon!