Method: Amp::UI#ask

Defined in:
lib/amp/support/amp_ui.rb

#ask(question = '', type = String) ⇒ String

Ask question and return the answer, chomped



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# File 'lib/amp/support/amp_ui.rb', line 165

def ask(question='', type=String)
  type = type.to_s.downcase.to_sym
  
  print question.to_s
  result = gets.chomp unless type == :password
  
  # type conversion
  case type
  when :string
    result
  when :integer, :fixnum, :bignum, :numeric
    result.to_i
  when :array
    result.split(',').map {|e| e.strip }
  when :password
    get_pass
  else
    raise abort("Don't know how to convert to type #{type}")
  end
end