From: Gary Wright <gwtmp01@...>
Date: 2007-03-19T07:57:26+09:00
Subject: Re: beginning question. modules + object creation


On Mar 18, 2007, at 6:38 PM, Corey Konrad wrote:

> I was wondering if i create a modules file called mathematics.rb:
>
> module Mathematics
>   class Add
>     def add(operand_one, operand_two)
>     return operand_one + operand_two
>     end
>
>   end#end class
> end
>
> and then i create another file called usemodules.rb
>
> require 'mathematics'
>
>
> adder = Add.new
> puts "2 + 3 = " + adder.add(2, 3).to_s

Because you nested your class Add within Mathematics you have to
use the fully qualified name when you are writing code that
is outside the Mathematics module:

adder = Mathematics::Add.new
puts "2 + 3 = #{adder.add(2,3)}"

Gary Wright