From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2011-09-21T04:17:58+09:00
Subject: Re: require command


On Sep 20, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Aya Abdelsalam wrote:

> Hello
> I am using ruby192 and when ever i use "require" to load another saved
> module it doesn't work how ever "load" works perfectly
> Why is that? How can i fix this? and will this affect my code when i
> start using gems?
> Thanks
>
> --  

Well, typically it's:

require "some_file"

and

load "some_file.rb"

Also, know that require only pulls the file in the first time, while  
load will read (and execute) the source file every time.

-Rob

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