Sorting and loops in ruby - ruby

Question

This is a program that ask input from the user about the characteristics of a gemstone then prints to the screen. Things like color, price and name. I have written it to an extend where the user enters all this and prints them out. Am now stuck where I should loop and enable the user to enter any number of gemstones. Like if he/she enters 3 gemstones then it should loop and allow the user to enter the characteristics of the 3 gemstone types. I would also like to sort the resulting output of gemstone names in alphabetical order. Appreciated
class GemStones
# input variables
name = ""
color = ""
price = 0
gemstoneNumber = 0
# output variable
gemstoneNumber = 0
# processing
print "How many gemstones do you want to enter? "
gemstoneNumber = gets
print "What is the name of the gemstone? "
name = gets
print "What is the color of the gemstone? "
color = gets
print "What is the price of the gemstone? "
price = gets
puts " You entered #{gemstoneNumber} The name is #{name}, the color is #{color} and price is
$ #{price}"
end

Answer 1

You should not wrap the code in class in the first place. There is no OOP in your code, hence the class is not needed as well. Also, gets returns a string, while for number you likely need an integer.
Here would be a [more-or-less] rubyish version of your code:
print "How many gemstones do you want to enter? "
# ⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓ get rid of trailing CR/LF
# ⇓⇓⇓⇓ convert to integer
gemstoneNumber = gets.chomp.to_i
gemstones =
1.upto(gemstoneNumber).map do |i|
puts
puts "Please enter data for the gemstone ##{i}:"
print "What is the name of the gemstone? "
name = gets.chomp # shave the trailing CR/LF off
print "What is the color of the gemstone? "
color = gets.chomp
print "What is the price of the gemstone? "
price = gets.chomp.to_f # convert to float
# in Ruby we normally use hashes to store
# the named values
{name: name, color: color, price: price}
end
puts "You entered #{gemstoneNumber} gemstones. They are:"
gemstones.each do |gemstone|
puts "Name: #{gemstone[:name]}. " \
"Color: #{gemstone[:color]}. " \
"Price: $#{gemstone[:price]}."
end
Alternatively, you might use the class instead of hash to store the gemstone info.
To sort the gemstones by the name:
puts "You entered #{gemstoneNumber} gemstones. They are:"
# ⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓ HERE
gemstones.sort_by { |gemstone| gemstone[:name] }.each do |gemstone|
puts "Name: #{gemstone[:name]}. " \
"Color: #{gemstone[:color]}. " \
"Price: $#{gemstone[:price]}."
end
The good documentation on enumerations might be found in the official ruby docs: https://ruby-doc.org/core/Enumerable.html#method-i-sort_by (and around.)

Answer 2

You can try this as well.
def gem_stones num
#gem_stones = []
num.times do |a|
print "Enter the name of gemstone #{a+1} "
name=gets.chomp
print "Enter the color of gemstone #{a+1} "
color = gets.chomp
print "Enter the price of gemstone #{a+1} "
price = gets.chomp.to_f
#gem_stones.push({name: name, color: color, price: price})
end
puts #gem_stones.sort_by {|a| a[:name]}.map{|gem| "Name: #{gem[:name]}, Color: #{gem[:color]}, Price: #{gem[:price]}"}.join("\n")
end
puts "Ener the number of gem stones you want to enter?"
num = gets.to_i
gem_stones num