From: H- 16 <s1ay3r44@...>
Date: 2010-04-11T05:54:51+09:00
Subject: Re: global variable in ruby

Amishera Amishera wrote:
> Trying to use some global variable
> 
>  $buffer = Array.new
>   4
>   5 def save_log(data, file_name)
>   6         puts 'save log called '+file_name
>   7         open(file_name, 'w') { |f| f.write(data) }
>   8 end
>   9
>  10 def get_citations_from_page(data, start_point, end_point)
>  11         citations = get_substring_within_inclusive(data,
> start_point, end_point)
>  12         u_arr = getURLsFromPage('http://www.xxxx.com/', citations)
>  13         u_arr.each {
>  14                 |t|
>  15                 if
>> (!beginsWith(t[1],'http://www.xxxx.com//gp/reader'))
>>  16                         buffer.push t[0]+'%%%'+t[1]
>  17                 end
>  18         }
>  19 end

The reason this is happening is because you forgot to write $ in 
buffer.push.

It should be $buffer.push.

But you could just put a buffer var to get passed into the function.

>10 def get_citations_from_page(data, start_point, end_point, buffer)

and then just write buffer for the last argument.
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