[#394281] Can someone throw me a bone — Bob Baird <lists@...>

Hi all,

14 messages 2012/04/02

[#394311] using hash as database? Secure databases with ruby? — ruby rocks <lists@...>

I am new to programming and am learning ruby as my first language. I

16 messages 2012/04/03
[#394315] Re: using hash as database? Secure databases with ruby? — Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@...> 2012/04/03

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:30 AM, ruby rocks <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

[#394318] Re: using hash as database? Secure databases with ruby? — ruby rocks <lists@...> 2012/04/03

Hassan Schroeder wrote in post #1054862:

[#394320] Re: using hash as database? Secure databases with ruby? — Florian Gilcher <flo@...> 2012/04/03

[#394321] Re: using hash as database? Secure databases with ruby? — ruby rocks <lists@...> 2012/04/03

Florian Gilcher wrote in post #1054875:

[#394375] Call for comments - Structure — Hal Fulton <rubyhacker@...>

Greetings, fellow Rubyists...

14 messages 2012/04/04

[#394390] Design pattern question — James French <James.French@...>

Hi group,

15 messages 2012/04/05

[#394471] How to pull out specific part of a variable and set to another variable? — "Charlie B." <lists@...>

I have a variable that is a long string. The variable looks like this:

9 messages 2012/04/09

[#394492] New to Ruby, tutorial gives wrong example. — Roger McDonald <lists@...>

I am just starting with Ruby with intention to learn and perhaps use it

11 messages 2012/04/10

[#394533] A Beginner's Question about Metaprogramming — Phil Stone <lists@...>

Hey guys, have a question about Ruby programming and found this forum

20 messages 2012/04/10

[#394616] How to test if array element exists? — Soul Surf <lists@...>

I'm new to Ruby and just want to test if an array element exists. Here's

11 messages 2012/04/13

[#394642] how to avoid escaping special chars after backslah in string — Lucky Nl <lists@...>

Hi friends,

13 messages 2012/04/13
[#394645] Re: how to avoid escaping special chars after backslah in string — Roger Pack <lists@...> 2012/04/13

so what's your ideal syntax here?

[#394658] Why doesn't Fixnum#to_d exist? — Mark Campbell <nitrodist@...>

http://stdlib.rubyonrails.org/libdoc/bigdecimal/rdoc/index.html

15 messages 2012/04/13
[#394660] Re: Why doesn't Fixnum#to_d exist? — Bartosz Dziewoński <matma.rex@...> 2012/04/13

It does exist, but it's in a separate file - bigdecimal/util or utils,

[#394663] Re: Why doesn't Fixnum#to_d exist? — Mark Campbell <nitrodist@...> 2012/04/13

Yes, that file has the String#to_d, Float#to_d and Rational#to_d.

[#394675] Operator overloading of the subscript operator — Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>

I understand that operators (e.g. +, -, *, []) are nothing more than method names so that

16 messages 2012/04/14
[#394677] Re: Operator overloading of the subscript operator — "Jan E." <lists@...> 2012/04/14

Hi,

[#394678] Re: Operator overloading of the subscript operator — Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com> 2012/04/14

Jan,

[#394767] Capital Cyrillic letter in Ruby class name (UTF-8) — Vladimir Kerimov <lists@...>

Hi matz,

22 messages 2012/04/17

[#394803] Why must I know whether I extend a class or a module? — Marc Heiler <lists@...>

Hi.

18 messages 2012/04/18
[#394843] Re: Why must I know whether I extend a class or a module? — Intransition <transfire@...> 2012/04/19

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:13:17 PM UTC-4, Marc Heiler wrote:

[#394853] How can i make the colorful font with black background for puts? — gmspro gmspro <lists@...>

puts 'Hello World."

10 messages 2012/04/19

[#394865] finding duplicates in an array and its index number — newto ruby <lists@...>

Hi,

11 messages 2012/04/19

[#394964] To developers of Ruby: Feeble documentation - weakness of Ruby and the Ruby on Rails (2nd edition) — Sergey Ezhov <lists@...>

RGlyZWN0bHkgSSBhcG9sb2dpemUgZm9yIG15IEVuZ2xpc2ggLSBJIHVzZWQg

13 messages 2012/04/23
[#394971] Re: To developers of Ruby: Feeble documentation - weakness of Ruby and the Ruby on Rails (2nd editio — Brian Candler <lists@...> 2012/04/23

I think you are a bit confused.

[#394969] gem-packed script with DATA section does not work — Wybo Dekker <wybo@...4all.nl>

The attached minimal gem contains a script that reads "Hello World!"

20 messages 2012/04/23
[#394970] Re: gem-packed script with DATA section does not work — Xavier Noria <fxn@...> 2012/04/23

DATA points to the contents after the __END__ directive of the executable

[#394973] Re: gem-packed script with DATA section does not work — Wybo Dekker <wybo@...4all.nl> 2012/04/23

On 2012-04-23 11:39, Xavier Noria wrote:

[#394988] Re: gem-packed script with DATA section does not work — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...> 2012/04/23

[#394997] Re: gem-packed script with DATA section does not work — Peter Zotov <whitequark@...> 2012/04/23

Ryan Davis писал 23.04.2012 22:58:

[#395024] -BEGINNERS- Where do I Start? — "Thought M." <lists@...>

Hello World....... I am very new to code but have been glancing at it

13 messages 2012/04/25

[#395035] if if if statment — fox foxmaster <lists@...>

Hi all,

19 messages 2012/04/25

[#395085] Wrappng up my Text Game! Need Help! — Jared Hobbs <lists@...>

Hi, everyone. This is my first post!

18 messages 2012/04/26

[#395099] ruby/shoes GUI - sqlite, how to isert a variable key in table? — "Danilo L." <lists@...>

Hello, I am struggling to insert a variable into a table, for example:

17 messages 2012/04/27
[#395104] Re: ruby/shoes GUI - sqlite, how to isert a variable key in table? — Zachary Scott <zachary@...> 2012/04/27

Hi Danilo, How are you enjoying shoooes?

[#395105] Re: ruby/shoes GUI - sqlite, how to isert a variable key in table? — Michel <michel.revesche@...> 2012/04/27

[#395113] why does this return 255 bits instead of 256 (and general bit byte hex string array crypt mayhem :P) — instance_variable ok <lists@...>

So I am doing something that requires me to manipulate things on the bit

14 messages 2012/04/27

[#395193] delete character from array — Ok Ok <lists@...>

Here is my question...

17 messages 2012/04/30
[#395196] Re: delete character from array — Ok Ok <lists@...> 2012/04/30

Yes that was exactly it. I have one more question maybe you can help me

-BEGINNERS- Where do I Start?

From: "Thought M." <lists@...>
Date: 2012-04-25 03:58:07 UTC
List: ruby-talk #395024
Hello World....... I am very new to code but have been glancing at it
for years. Catching glimpses here and reading articles there, but, I
never actually started doing anything but absorbing info and general
understanding. So.... I started in looking for a code to learn, I start
by looking for a java setup since I drink lots of coffee....lol Well
when reading about java i seen an article about how Ruby was way more
comprehensive and easy going in a sense you don't have to spoon feed the
compiler to make things with your set objects or commands. So i decided
to go with Ruby since it wasn't that hard to understand when reading
_why's Guide to Ruby. I got a few chapters in and started to get swamped
with examples that I never used but only read.... At this point I had
just installed Lucid Lynx(Ubuntu [which i have no experience with
installing through the terminal]) so with Lynx in place I had read a how
to article on installing Ruby and did so successfully.(I am pretty sure
anyway)

So now I have Ruby 1.9.3 with RVM as the main source for my install. At
this point I get confused. How do i use ruby? What I thought of was I
want to be able to enter some code an execute it to see what happens.
Like the "Try Ruby" tutorial page where they have a open ruby enviorment
for people to get a taste of the Ruby in action. I havent been able to
figure out how to do taste testing like that on my own. I have been in
the terminal and typed "Ruby" which is auto loaded at the time the
terminal is opened so then it breaks into the ruby mode and allows me to
write lines and press enter to end the line an move to the next however
it doesn't work like I thought, mostly because I dont know what to think
yet. At this point I want to try the stuff that I have been reading
about in _why's ruby book. Am I just suppose to start writing things in
my terminal? How do i test the code I wrote? How do I save and run the
code right there as I am writing it like in the "Try Ruby"? In the
online try ruby it allows me to enter some code and hit Return to make
it run the script. But when i hit enter in the terminal it just moves to
the next line which leads me to believe that there is a start/end
command to let the Ruby know what I want to run an when to run it.
Basically I don't what is going on, am I using ruby when I type "Ruby"
in the terminal? How do I make things execute and show me the results? I
feel quite close, like I am just missing a few understandings. Like how
do I open ruby, how do i use ruby, and do I interact and communicate
with ruby in a manner that i type and it responds?

I guess I just dont understand fully yet about what to do with ruby and
how to make it talk to me when I talk to it. Yesterday I didn't even
know how to install ruby, but now i have it installed and dont know how
to use it or interact with it. Any advice for someone who is it at
ground zero with NO code experience would be helpful. How do use ruby?
How do I make it function, how do i interact with ruby?

DAY 2 is where I am at on learning Ruby-

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