From: mortee <mortee.lists@...>
Date: 2007-11-06T22:32:54+09:00
Subject: Re: string to symbol

Fernando Cacciola wrote:
> mortee wrote:
>> my_str = "some string"
>> my_sym = :"some symbol"
>>
> Right.
> If I name the "variable" as "MY_STR" is then officially a "constant"
> (instead of a variable) right?
> (and that would be preferred in this case)

If you wish. Note that you can't create constants from within methods.

mortee