Vertical Thingy Disambiguator

gistfile1.rb

puts "vertical thingy disambiguator"
thingy = gets.chomp

if thingy.length > 1
puts "too many thingies dude"

elsif thingy.length < 1
puts "where is the thingy?"

else

  case thingy

  when "l"
  puts "its a lower case L as in Lipid"

  when "1"
  puts "its the number one"

  when "|"
  puts "itsa a pipea"

  when "I"
  puts "its a capital I as in Integer"

  else
  puts "thats not a vertical thingy, its just '#{thingy}'"

  end

end