From: Jason Foreman Date: 2005-04-21T04:40:21+09:00 Subject: Re: [NEWBIE]: Example from Pickaxe2 gives errors... (p. 31) For future reference, typing the code straight out of the book will often result in these types of errors, as they use abbreviated code listings to save space. If you kept typing each example from beginning to end it would work ok, because you can add to a class at any time. Its easier to check out the website [1] for the full runnable code listings, in my opinion. Jason [1] http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/code/