From: jake kaiden Date: 2011-04-15T22:36:26+09:00 Subject: Re: Understanding global variables. hi fily - yeah, stuff gets kind of confusing at first, but you'll get the hang of it. check out this post for a good explanation: http://continuousthinking.com/2007/6/23/instance-variables-in-ruby > To make this short what I was trying to say with GLOBAL is accessible in > all methods within the class this is what instance variables do... - j -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.