From: Robert Spielmann <spielmann@...>
Date: 2006-11-16T22:18:31+09:00
Subject: Re: basic mistake?

Hal Fulton schrieb:
> 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.
Which is what (s)he intentionally did ("i commented it out since it 
wasn't working") ;)
> Hal
Robert