Ruby gets() not returning correct string [duplicate]

Answer 1

davidrac is correct, you need to chop off the \n

Quoting the answer from here

The problem is you are getting a newline character on your input from the user. while they are entering "y" you are actually getting "y\n". You need to chomp the newline off using the "chomp" method on string to get it to work as you intend

Answer 2

I think the gets includes the newline at the end of the input. try using gets.chomp instead

irb(main):001:0> input = $stdin.gets
hello
=> "hello\n"
irb(main):002:0> input = $stdin.gets.chomp
hello
=> "hello"