From: Jack Dempsey Date: 2002-01-07T12:38:12+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:30415] modifier form of rescue This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0088_01C19702.70A9F5C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable this seems to work: a,b =3D 5,0 x =3D a/b rescue print "Divide by zero!\n" but this doesn't require 'blahblah' rescue print "No such file!\n" tried it with parentheses etc...i can do it the normal way, just = wondering what i was doing wrong this way thanks! Jack ------=_NextPart_000_0088_01C19702.70A9F5C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

this seems to work:

a,b =3D 5,0

x =3D a/b rescue print "Divide by=20 zero!\n"

but this doesn't

require 'blahblah' rescue print "No = such=20 file!\n"

tried it with parentheses etc...i can = do it the=20 normal way, just wondering what i was doing wrong this way

thanks!

Jack

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