Programming Fundamentals/Variables/Ruby

< Programming Fundamentals < Variables

variables.rb

# This program converts a Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius.
#
# References:
#     https://www.mathsisfun.com/temperature-conversion.html
#     https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming

puts "Enter Fahrenheit temperature:"
fahrenheit = gets.chomp.to_f

celsius = (fahrenheit - 32) * 5 / 9

puts (fahrenheit).to_s + "° Fahrenheit is " + (celsius).to_s + "° Celsius"

Try It

Copy and paste the code above into one of the following free online development environments or use your own Ruby compiler / interpreter / IDE.

See Also

Wikibooks: Ruby Programming

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