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Compare User Input With Values

This is a way to continuously prompt a user for input until they select a pre-determined, valid choice from an array. It could also be modified to test for a value in a database.

                                class Choices
  
  class Config
    @@actions = ['list', 'find', 'add', 'quit']
    def self.actions; @@actions; end
  end

  def get_action
    # Keep asking for user input until we get a valid action
    action = nil
    until Choices::Config.actions.include?(action)
      puts "Actions: " + Choices::Config.actions.join(", ")
      print "> "
      user_response = gets.chomp
      args = user_response.downcase.strip.split(' ')
      action = args.shift #first word is action, remaining words are args
    end
    return action, args
  end
end