From: anne001 <anne@...>
Date: 2006-07-09T23:25:18+09:00
Subject: why does block know about one instance variable and not the other?

I can't find what the problem is with @foundinfo: since it is defined
outside a block, the block should find it no? @item is defined outside
the second block and that second block finds it. What is @item and
@foundinfo different?

Do I have a typo I don't see, or it there a principle of the thing?

Here is my simplified code with debugging puts

class Linear
  @foundinfo=Hash.new
  p " 1. debugging @foundinfo created"
  p @foundinfo.class   #this is ok

  def run

    data="hello dud"
    data.split(/</).each do |line|
       line =~ /d(.)d/
        @item=$1
        p "2. debugging, @foundinfo found?"
        p @foundinfo.class   # this is not ok, @foundinfo not found

        lines="and so on and some more"
        lines.split(/</).each do |chunk|
               p  "3. debugging, @item found?"
               p @item       #this is ok, @item found
               p "3. debugging, @foundinfo found?"
               p @foundinfo.class  # this is still not ok, @foundinfo
not found
        end  # end do chunk
    end  # end do line
  end # end run

end # end class

a=Linear.new
a.run