From: Bob <clarke@...>
Date: 2004-12-29T05:36:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Some methods don't work in WinXP?

Can you hear the screams from Connecticut? (USA).

One huge Homer Simpson DUH!

Thanks


ts wrote:
> >>>>> "B" == Bob  <clarke@qualitythink.com> writes:
>
> B> a.sort
>
>  Array#sort return a copy of the array.
>
> uln% ruby -e 'a=["b", "a", "d"]; b = a.sort; p a, b'
> ["b", "a", "d"]
> ["a", "b", "d"]
> uln%
>
>  You want Array#sort! if you want modify the object
>
> uln% ruby -e 'a=["b", "a", "d"]; a.sort!; p a'
> ["a", "b", "d"]
> uln%
>
>
> B> print "yada yada #(inline_string) yada yada "  =>prints as "yada
yada
> B> #(inline_string) yada yada" not "yada yada yo yada yada"
>
>  You want #{inline_string}, i.e. {} rather than ()
> 
> 
> 
> Guy Decoux