From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2011-03-07T06:43:37+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby script

Mlle wrote in post #985808:
> I wrote a ruby script but I'd like to define a method within it and
> call the method from the main method.  How do I do that?  Do I have to
> define the whole file as a module or something?

Nope (although using modules can make your code easier to reuse and/or 
combine with other code)

Simple example which I think achieves what you want:

---- a.rb ----
def say_hello
  puts "Hello, world!"
end

---- b.rb ----
require 'a'
say_hello

---- command line ----
ruby b.rb

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