From: Nicholas Parsons <wave2ocean@...>
Date: 2006-08-20T23:28:52+09:00
Subject: Re: irb newbie question

Hi Eero,

The load File.expand_path('~/classes.rb) that you mentioned did the  
trick.

Thanks again for your help!

--Nick

On Aug 20, 2006, at 10:21 AM, Eero Saynatkari wrote:

> Nicholas Parsons wrote:
>> Hello All!
>>
>> I'm new to Ruby and this group.  I was hoping that someone could lend
>> a helping hand involving the irb interpreter packaged with ruby
>> version 1.8 on Mac OSX.  I would like to import or load some classes
>> that are defined in a separate .rb file on my hard disk into an
>> interactive session of irb.  I tried invoking the load() function
>> with '~/classes.rb' as a parameter.  The interpreter gave me a 'true'
>> value in response.  But when I tried to create an instance of one of
>> the classes defined in the file I got a undefined class error from
>> irb.  I also tried using the require keyword with the same path in
>> quotes to load that class file and it produced the same results.
>>
>> So, can anyone tell me how to import those class definition ruby
>> files into the irb interpreter or at least point me in the right
>> direction on where to find documentation online for the irb
>> interpreter itself?
>>
>> I appreciate everyone's help in advance.
>
> One thing to try is load '/home/myname/classes.rb' or,
> alternatively, load File.expand_path('~/classes.rb').
> Wildcards generally cause problems with filename
> strings unless expanded.
>
> Not sure why you are getting 'true' unless it is actually
> finding the file--it could of course be that the file itself
> is missing something or you are not accessing the namespace
> or something.
>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> --Nick
>
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