From: andrew mcelroy <sophrinix@...>
Date: 2010-11-07T13:19:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Code in a class but not in a method -- please explain!

On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Bruce F. <brucedfeist@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm a newcomer to Ruby, and I'm confused about what executable
> statements which are in a class definition, but not explicitly in a
> method, mean.  How are they executed?  I assume that there's an implicit
> method that they define; is that right?
>
> The most obvious example is the one-line program:
> puts "Hello, World!"
>
> Since there's no explicit class definition, I understand that it's in an
> automatically generated class (main).  But, what method of that class is
> it in?  And, if it were an explicit class, how would I execute it?
> (Apparently it's executed automatically if it's in main.)

Checkout DrX  http://drx.rubyforge.org/
It might visually show you what's going on.

Andrew
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce
>
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