From: Florian Gilcher <flo@...>
Date: 2010-07-13T18:30:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Why do I get undefined method?


On Jul 13, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Abder-Rahman Ali wrote:

> I'm trying to write a script such that when you enter a year, you get
> back a result of what occurred in this year or in the range of years, as
> follows: http://pastie.org/private/0nibq5i7abwghydfu0yzg
> 
> The case is when I enter a year, I get the following:
> 
> sub.rb:3: undefined method `what_were_you_doing_on' for main:Object
> (NoMethodError)
> 
> But, the method is there. Why am I getting this?
> 

Order is important. The method definition has to be evaluated before calling it.

If you put the call below the method definition, the call will work.

Regards,
Florian Gilcher