Can somebody tell me how to store user input into a variable so you can do anything with it for example math???

Answer 1

Use this for strings:

name = gets
# or use
name =gets.chomp

gets on it's own returns a \n character, and chomp removes it. When dealing with integers strictly use:

digits = gets.to_i

That will convert the users string into an integer.

Answer 2

ok thank you