From: Sven Schott <sven.schott@...>
Date: 2010-09-07T07:59:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem with 'chomp'

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Really? I'm using ruby 1.8.7 (on a mac) and the code runs fine for me. Not
that I disagree with the comment though: I think the receiver should be used
for clarity.

btw, runs fine in irb and ruby proper.

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Barry O'gorman <barryjogorman@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Simple program:
> >
> > while($_ != "q")
> >    puts "Running..."
> >    print "Enter q to quit: "
> >    gets
> >    chomp
> > end
> >
> > However - getting the following in any progams in which I use 'chomp':
> > 'undefined local variable or method 'chomp' for main: Object (NameError)
>
> chomp, gsub, and others can only be used without a receiver in
> one-liners. They are thought for making -p loops and such short.
>
> In regular Ruby you normally use explicit variables (and in regular
> Perl you normally also do).
>
>

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