affirmative
Gem to test if a String is Affirmative
Installation
Via RubyGems:
$ gem install affirmative
Then, within your script:
require 'affirmative'
...
Usage
> "y".affirmative?
=> true
> " Yes\n".affirmative?
=> true
> "No".affirmative?
=> false
> "Potato".affirmative?
=> false
Typical usage in a script:
print "Confirm (y/n): "
do_thing if gets.affirmative?