From: Axel Etzold <aetzold@...>
Date: 2004-05-22T03:58:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Is it possible to call functions from different scripts in a	Ruby	script ?

Dear Ryan,

That solved it! Thank you very much !

Best regards

Axel 
Am Fre, den 21.05.2004 schrieb Ryan Paul um 20:48:
> On Sat, 22 May 2004 03:08:44 +0900, Axel Etzold wrote:
> 
> > Dear experienced Rubyists,
> > 
> > I am new to Ruby.
> > In other script-like softwares (with more limited purposes), such as
> > Matlab,
> > it is possible to call functions (i.e., modules),
> >  from other files, and to pass arguments to them,
> > which allows to spread the code and re-use from different
> > scripts it.
> > Is this possible in Ruby , too ? Or is there a
> > principal constraint from object-oriented programming,
> > which forbids this ?
> > 
> > Thank you for your help!
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Axel Etzold
> 
> it sounds like you are talking about importing... you can write functions,
> classes, modules, etc, in one file and access them quite easily from
> another, using the 'require' keyword. Use the word 'require', followed by
> the name of the file you want to include. you only need the prefix of the
> file, (you leave off the .rb part) and you surround the name with single
> quotes.
> 
> file1.rb
> 
> class MyClass1
>   def myfunc1
>     puts "function1 called!"
>   end
> end
> 
> ----
> file2.rb
> 
> require 'file1'
> 
> a = MyClass1.new
> a.myfunc1
> 
>