From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-11-16T14:21:21+09:00
Subject: Re: basic mistake?

Nia wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------------
> class BookStore
>   @bookstore=Array.new
>   
>   def initialize(*books)
>     i=0
>     books.each do |x|
>       #@bookstore.push(x)
>       puts "(#{i})" + x.inspect
>       i+=1
>     end
>   end
> end
> 
> class Book
>   def initialize(name,cost)
>     @book_name=name
>     @book_cost=cost
>   end
>   
>   def detail
>     puts "Book: #{@book_name}  ($#{@book_cost})"
>   end
> end
> 
> b1=Book.new('Harry Potter','9.95')
> b2=Book.new('The Raven','8.65')
> store = BookStore.new(b1,b2)
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> this bit of code seems to work fine, but when i try to assign an object to my bookstore 
> array, i'm given an error(i commented it out since it wasn't working). wierd part is that this 
> seem to work fine outside of a class. am i missing something?, like a declaration? this isn't 
> the first time i've encounter this problem. please help me solve it.
> 

At least two mistakes here... move the @bookstore line
down into the initialize method. And take off the #
from that line -- that makes it a comment.

Hal