From: angus <angus@...>
Date: 2005-12-25T20:03:17+09:00
Subject: Re: convert perl code to ruby: help please

[vnpenguin@gmail.com, 2005-12-25 11.02 CET]
> I'm trying to do the same method in Ruby:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> charmap = {
    ...
>   "a^." => "\xe1\xba\xad"}
> 
> def vconv (str)
> 	str.gsub(/([aA] (?:[(^]?['`?~.]|[(^]) )/){ |k| charmap[k] }
> end
> $stdin.each {|line| puts vconv(line)}

Hi,

from vconv you cannot see charmap (different scopes). You can make charmap a
constant (change the name to CHARMAP) or a global variable ($charmap).

HTH