From: Ben Hoffmann <bensshop@...>
Date: 2007-12-31T02:36:28+09:00
Subject: newbie question - how to use multiple source files


I'm coming from Java, and am trying to understand how to break upo code 
into more than one file.  So in this example, I have one class in the 
first file, another in the second file, and I want to create an object 
from the first class, but from the second file.  Environment - Aptana on 
XP machine.  See below:

1)  First file named     first_class_file.rb:

class FirstClassFile
 
  public
 
  def initialize
    super
    puts "Hello from First Class"
  end
end

my1stObject = FirstClassFile.new


2)  Second file named     second_class_file.rb:

class SecondClassFile
 
  def initialize
    super
    puts "Hello from Second Class"
  end
end

my2ndObject = SecondClassFile.new

my3rdObject = FirstClassFile.new

3) Console result of running second file:

Hello from Second Class
second_class_file.rb:11: uninitialized constant FirstClassFile (NameError)

Question - What obvious thing am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
 - Ben