From: David Newton Date: 2009-06-23T07:44:14+09:00 Subject: Re: new-b question John W Higgins wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:24 PM, David Newton > wrote: > >> ... >> Hi John, >> >> thanks for your patience. >> >> In terms of the main objective, then no, they do not have to be there - >> but I think it would help my understanding of what is happening if they >> were there.. >> > > Ok then lets remove some of the ruby tricks and just make the code work > because as most programmers do I've pushed you into the deep end and you > are > looking to keep your feet solidly on the bottom of the pool while still > being able to breathe :) > > Lets try this http://gist.github.com/132285 - a little more output at > each > step. It's different then the first shot I took at it but it's also much > easier to digest each piece and see what it's doing. > > John Hi John, Thanks very much for that. It is very helpful. I think your summary is pretty accurate of where I am right now - but I will get there! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.