From: Michael Guterl <mguterl@...>
Date: 2008-08-11T03:28:58+09:00
Subject: Re: why does the initialize method not return the last expression?

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 2:07 PM, aidy <aidy.lewis@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In Ruby the last expression in a method is returned.
>
> Why is this not the case for the initialize method?
>
> class Browser
>
>  def initialize
>    ie ||= Watir::IE.new
>  end
>
> end
>
> ie = Browser.new
>
> #goto is a url navigation method in Watir
> #but I can't do this
>
> ie.goto("www.gmail.com")
>

You have a few options.  Depending on what you're really trying to do.

Here is the simplest.

Browser = Watir::IE
ie = Browser.new
ie.goto("www.gmail.com")

Michael Guterl