From: ClassRubyExceptionHandline <jctown@...>
Date: 2006-08-12T23:00:15+09:00
Subject: IRB and rb files

As I make my way through the Pragmatic Programmer's Guide I am puzzled
by the following issue:

If I type in a Ruby program such as

class Song
  def initialize(name, artist, duration)
    @name     = name
    @artist   = artist
    @duration = duration
  end
end

And save it as Song.rb in a directory on my hard drive reserved for
Ruby code, I wonder how I can use it from irb, if possible.  I know
that I can type in each line of the .rb program within irb and have it
work when I do song = Song.new("Bicylops", "Fleck", 260)
But if I attempt to type this in from irb after defining the class in a
separate .rb file I get
irb(main):001:0> song = Song.new("Bicylops", "Fleck", 260)
NameError: uninitialized constant Song
        from (irb):1
        from :0

What I would like to know is, how can I use Ruby Programs which are
already created as source within irb... or is there a better way to run
ruby programs