twitter-histogram.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'twitter'
require 'highline/import'

username = ask("Please enter twitter name")

unless username.empty?

  size = 50 #limit to 50 followers arbitrarily

  ids = Twitter.follower_ids(username)[0..size-1]

  ids.each do |id|
    user = Twitter.user(id)
    count = user.followers_count
    puts "#{user.name}: (#{count}) " + "*" * count
    puts
  end

end

puts "Goodbye!"