From: Lionel Bouton Date: 2007-09-16T09:09:50+09:00 Subject: Re: if i don't use @n but use n instead, there is no error kendear wrote: > in an instance method, if i didn't use @n but used n, the program still > runs... > and it is not changing the global n... so what is it changing? > > The variable 'n' local to the current context, which is the method 'change' => the variable disappear as soon as the code exists change(). Lionel