From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-08-08T22:29:04+09:00
Subject: Re: prob with tutorial example

Hi --

On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, nephish wrote:

> Hey there,
> just got the pickaxe book, and i am working thru the beginning.
>
> one example prog is this
>
> #!/usr/bin/ruby
>
> def fib_up_to(max)
>  i1, i2 = 1, 1
>  while i1 <= max
>    yeild i1
>    i1, i2 = i2, i1 + i2
>  end
> end
>
> fib_up_to(1000) {|f| print f, " "}
>
> when i try to execute it from a terminal, i get this:
>
> ./testl.rb:6:in `fib_up_to': undefined method `yeild' for main:Object
> (NoMethodError)
>        from ./test.rb:11
>
> am i doing something wrong? i have this installed in debian sarge.

You're misspelling 'yield' :-)


David

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