puts "Let's practice everthing." puts 'You\'d need to know \'bout escapes with \\ that do \n newlines and \t tabs.' poem = <<END \tThe lovely world with logic so firmly planted cannot discern \n the needs of love nor comprehend passion from intuition and requires an explanation \n\t\twhere there is none. END puts "--------------" puts poem puts "--------------" five = 10 - 2 + 3 - 6 puts "This should be five: #{five}" def secret_formula(started) jelly_beans = started * 500 jars = jelly_beans / 1000 crates = jars / 100 return jelly_beans, jars, crates end start_point = 10000 beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start_point) puts "With a starting point of: #{start_point}" puts "We'd have #{beans} beans, #{jars} jars, and #{crates} crates." start_point = start_point / 10