From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2008-03-19T19:49:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Undefined method '<' for nil:NilClasse

On 3/19/08, Slark <slark@dev.null> wrote:

> The probblem is in the initializing. If you explicitly initialize
>  @kounter in the initialize method then it knows it's a Fixnum.

Variables aren't typed in Ruby, nor are they declared.  A variable
isn't a particular class, it refers to an object, and the reference
can change over the life of the program.

@a = 1   #@a is now a fix num
@a = @a * 1.2   # And now it's a float
@a = @a.to_s    # And now it's a String

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Rick DeNatale

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