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\$\begingroup\$ Shouldn't sleep .1 work too? \$\endgroup\$

Joey
– Joey

2012-04-26 20:44:52 +00:00
Commented Apr 26, 2012 at 20:44
\$\begingroup\$ Nope, not in 1.9. SyntaxError: (irb):1: no .<digit> floating literal anymore; put 0 before dot. But i'll get back to that if i need it in the future, thanks! \$\endgroup\$

Patrick Oscity
– Patrick Oscity

2012-04-26 20:47:35 +00:00
Commented Apr 26, 2012 at 20:47
\$\begingroup\$ If you're on 1.9 you can use char literals to shorten a few things, e.g. ?* instead of '*', etc. \$\endgroup\$

Joey
– Joey

2012-04-26 21:08:23 +00:00
Commented Apr 26, 2012 at 21:08
\$\begingroup\$ Using Ruby 1.9.3 under Win7, this prints rectangles one after (below) the other, each having ←[2J←[f+------------------+ as the first line. \$\endgroup\$

r.e.s.
– r.e.s.

2012-04-27 01:35:02 +00:00
Commented Apr 27, 2012 at 1:35
\$\begingroup\$ then change $> << "\e[2J\e[f"+f to 'cls';$><<f (use backticks for cls) \$\endgroup\$

Patrick Oscity
– Patrick Oscity

2012-04-27 08:16:36 +00:00
Commented Apr 27, 2012 at 8:16

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