Question

If i give input as 1 or 2, regardless of that program goes in default. Tried comparing input with “1” and 1 both. Same result.
My first Ruby program, plz excuse for naivety.

$choice

def getInfo
  puts "Info"
end 

def getMoreInfo
  puts "MoreInfo"
end


def switch
        if $choice == "1" #intentionally in ""
          getInfo
        elsif $choice == 2 #intentionally without ""
          getMoreInfo
        else
          puts "default"
        end
end


def callMainMenu
        puts "Choose the operation:"
        puts "[1] Get some Info"
        puts "[2] Get some moreInfo"
$choice=gets
$choice.chomp
end


callMainMenu
switch

Answer 1

You need to use the destructive version of chomp if you’re going to assign it like that.

$choice.chomp!

Or

$choice = $choice.chomp