From: CSZ <chschwar@...>
Date: 2007-03-21T12:49:01+09:00
Subject: Real Beginner Question - (NameError)

Hi !
I'm going my way through a Ruby online tutorial right now and i have
following problem:

I have two files. File one:

wordlist.rb

code_words = {
   'starmonkeys' => 'Phil and Pete, those prickly chancellors of the New
Reich',
   'catapult' => 'chucky go-go', 'firebomb' => 'Heat-Assisted Living',
   'Nigeria' => "Ny and Jerry's Dry Cleaning (with Donuts)",
   'Put the kabosh on' => 'Put the cable box on'
   }

makeSwamp.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'wordlist'

 # Get evil idea and swap in code words
  print "Enter your new idea: "
   idea = gets
   code_words.each do |real, code|
      idea.gsub!( real, code )
   end

# Save the jibberish to a new file
  print "File encoded.  Please enter a name for this idea: "
   idea_name = gets.strip
   File::open( "idea-" + idea_name + ".txt", "w" ) do |f|
      f << idea
   end

When i execute the makeSwamp.rb file i can enter a "new idea" but than i
get:

./makeSwamp.rb:8: undefined local variable or method `code_words' for
main:Object (NameError)

(line 8 is: code_words.each do |real, code| )

Why ??? I've run kdiff and its exactly as in the tutorial... Maybe its
just to late for me..

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