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Asked: May 31, 20262026-05-31T14:29:54+00:00 2026-05-31T14:29:54+00:00

I am learning from the book beginning ruby on rails by Steve Holzner, and

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I am learning from the book beginning ruby on rails by Steve Holzner, and am trying out some of the code in the book:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
until($_ != "q")
  puts "Running"
  print "Enter q to quit: "
  gets
  chomp
end

When I run the Program, nothing happens!

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    2026-05-31T14:29:56+00:00Added an answer on May 31, 2026 at 2:29 pm

    $_ is nil when the process starts. So, the until condition is immediately satisfied, and doesn’t even run the loop once.

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