From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-08-08T23:01:13+09:00
Subject: Re: prob with tutorial example


On Aug 8, 2006, at 9:25 AM, 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.
>
> thanks
>
>

:) You have misspelled "yield".

HTH