From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2006-06-18T08:58:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question about arrays.

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On 6/18/06, Robin Stocker <robin@nibor.org> wrote:
>
> Gautam Dey wrote:
> >   So I was going through the Ruby array documentation and came across
> > Array. abbrev(pattern =3D nil). However, every time I run the example c=
ode
> > in irb I get the following:
> >
> > rb(main):001:0> %w{ car cone }.abbrev
> > NoMethodError: undefined method `abbrev' for ["car", "cone"]:Array
> >         from (irb):1
> > irb(main):002:0>
> >
> >
> > What am I doing wrong? Do I need to include a module? If so, how?
>
> Yes, you need to do require 'abbrev'.
>
> It should be mentioned in the documentation, but it is not. I think
> Gavin Sinclair is the one to contact in this case, so this mail is CC to
> him.
>
> Gavin, could you add a note to lib/abbrev.rb, something like:
> You need to require the abbrev module in order to use this functionality.


Would be nice to remove the abbrev entry in the core doc of Array, or
alternatively, indicate that this
is an extension of Array implemented in the abbrev file.
The doc is quite good, really, ty all for your work!
Robert

Thanks,
>    Robin
>
>


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