From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2006-09-04T01:29:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Already stalled in Pick Axe book - could use some help

Jeff Rohrer wrote:
> Hi, total noob here. I'm only on page 25 of the Pick Axe book and I'm a 
> little stuck:
> 
> I'm running Ruby version 1.8.4 on Windows XP Home Edition. I'm entering 
> code via irb.
> 
> Here's the problem: I enter the following code from the book:
> 
> class Song
>   def initialize(name, artist, duration)
>     @name     = name
>     @artist   = artist
>     @duration = duration
>   end
> 
>   def to_s
>     "Song: #@name--#@artist (#@duration)"
>   end
> end
> 

I just tried this on WinXP, ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]

demo.rb has the code you provided.

d:\tmp>irb
irb(main):001:0> load 'demo.rb'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> song = Song.new("Bicylops", "Fleck", 260)
=> #<Song:0x2b1a370 @name="Bicylops", @duration=260, @artist="Fleck">
irb(main):003:0> song.to_s
=> "Song: Bicylops--Fleck (260)"
irb(main):004:0>

I think you may have something different in your actual source code.



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James Britt

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