From: Chinna Karuppan Date: 2008-03-07T00:06:33+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Basics / define met;hod Thanks both of you... When I say inside of class..end class A define_method(:name) { p self } end A.new.name will give me the self....if define_method is a private method how is it I am able to access from inside the class ...end THnks ManickamPR. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.