你离这本书第一部分的结尾已经不远了，你应该已经具备了足够的 Ruby 基础知识，可以继续学习一些程式的原理了，但你应该做更多的练习。这个练习的内容比较长，它的目的是锻炼你的毅力，下一个习题也差不多是这样的，好好完成它们，做到完全正确，记得仔细检查。
puts "Let's practice everything."
puts "You\'d need to know \'bout escapes with \\ that do \n newlines and \t tabs."
poem = <<MULTI_LINE_STRING
\tThe lovely world
with logic so firmly planted
cannot discern \n the needs of love
nor comprehend passion from intuition
and requires an explanation
\n\t\twhere there is none.
MULTI_LINE_STRING
puts "--------------"
puts poem
puts "--------------"
five = 10 - 2 + 3 - 6
puts "This should be five: #{five}"
def secret_formula(started)
jelly_beans = started * 500
jars = jelly_beans / 1000
crates = jars / 100
return jelly_beans, jars, crates
end
start_point = 10000
beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start_point)
puts "With a starting point of: #{start_point}"
puts "We'd have #{beans} beans, #{jars} jars, and #{crates} crates."
start_point = start_point / 10
puts "We can also do that this way:"
puts "We'd have %s beans, %s jars, and %s crates." % secret_formula(start_point)$ ruby ex24.rb
Let's practice everything.
You'd need to know 'bout escapes with \ that do
newlines and tabs.
--------------
The lovely world
with logic so firmly planted
cannot discern
the needs of love
nor comprehend passion from intuition
and requires an explanation
where there is none.
--------------
This should be five: 5
With a starting point of: 10000
We'd have 5000000 beans, 5000 jars, and 50 crates.
We can also do that this way:
We'd have 500000 beans, 500 jars, and 5 crates.
$