From: Ryan Lewis Date: 2008-01-28T14:06:16+09:00 Subject: Module Global Hash #!/usr/bin/env ruby module Users class User < Struct.new(:screenname, :password, :dob, :join_date, :age) def initialize(sn, pw, dob) self.screenname = sn self.password = pw self.dob = Time.parse(dob) self.join_date = Time.now self.age = Time.now.year - Time.parse(dob).year end end ######################################### user_hash = {} def new(sn, pw, dob) Users::user_hash[sn] = User.new(sn, pw, dob) end ######################################### module_function :new end I'm trying to make it so when I call: Users::new("screenname", "pass", "1/15/91") it adds a new instance of the User class into user_hash, but when I execute the above code in IRB I get a NoMethodError for user_hash for the Users:module I've also tried putting both a @ and @@ infront of user_hash but irb comes up with the same error. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.