From: rgossen <rgossen@...>
Date: 2007-05-10T03:00:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Passing info to classes and methods

On May 9, 12:22 am, Greg <e...@linkLINE.com> wrote:
> On 2007-05-08 18:47:50 -0700, Rob Biedenharn <R...@AgileConsultingLLC.com> said:
>
>
>
> > On May 8, 2007, at 9:10 PM, Greg wrote:
>
> >> def pick_an_orange numToPick
> >>   puts 'Got to pick_an_orange, now trying to get it working.
> >> numToPick: #{numToPick}' # debugging
>
> > Did you mean to have puts "Got ... #{numToPick}" in "double-quotes"  to
> > interpolate the #{numToPick}.  In single quotes, you'll get  literally:
>
> > Got to pick_an_orange, now trying to get it working. numToPick: # {numToPick}
>
> > Does that help you?
>
> > -Rob
>
> Thanks, I missed that I had single quotes. I think I'm learning that
> double quotes are safer. For some reason Pine uses single quotes. I
> mainly need to get used to reading Ruby so I can see errors.
> Practice...

I'm a newb as well so take this for what it's worth.

My understanding is that the Ruby interpreter handles single quotes
faster than double quotes, so you should use single quotes if doubles
aren't necessary.  I don't know how appreciable the speed difference
is, or if that difference is worth potentially causing the kind of
problem that you encountered.