title: Need suggestions, on getting Data from inputs to use in Ruby/Rails
body: <p>Im need some direction on how to properly use forms for ruby on rails.</p>
  
  <p>I need to use the values from the below input to then use with some ruby.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;%= form_tag do %&gt;
    Form contents
  &lt;% end %&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I now need to take the value from this input and use in the following</p>
  
  <pre><code>value = gets
  puts value
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>All in all i just need to know the simplest way to input a value and use it within a ruby expression.</p>