From: Shawn Anderson <shawn42@...>
Date: 2008-04-15T02:32:20+09:00
Subject: Re: My Longsword is broken.

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A few ruby basics:
foo_bar  is a variable name (all lowercase separated by underscores)
FOO_BAR is a constant (all caps separated by underscore)
FooBar is a class or module (starts with cap and is bumpy case)

So:
Longsword = Sword.new(rand(8)+1)
is a little funky.

Secondly,
The ...

Apparently, I type too slow and Gerardo has finished my work for me.
Hope that helps.

/Shawn

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Ben Galyean <bengalyean@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Just started my first Ruby prog and hit a snag almost instantly. I
> simply wish to have my selected weapon do it's prescribed damage as I
> intend (in this case, it's 1-8 damage). Complete noob here so any help
> at all would be greatly appreciated. The following is a re-creation of
> my problem:
>
> #***********************************
> class Sword
> attr_accessor(:realDam)
>
>  def initialize(aRealDam)
>      @realDam = aRealDam
>  end
> end
>
> Longsword = Sword.new(rand(8)+1)
> weapon = Longsword
>
> begin
>
> 5.times {p weapon.realDam}
> puts
> 5.times {p  (rand(8)+1)}
>
> end
> #*************************************
>
> Output looks like this:
>
> #****Current Longsword damage (Picks a number and 'keeps' it).****
> 6
> 6
> 6
> 6
> 6
>
> #****Intended output for the longsword here****
> 6
> 8
> 8
> 4
> 8
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>

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