From: Mark Slagell <mslagell@...>
Date: 2000-12-10T03:14:25+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:6979] Re: output problem

Anand Maheswar wrote:
> ...
> When I enter the following program into irb it works as expected, but when
> run from the command line just returns me to my prompt--i.e., no output
> whatsoever. I running Ruby 1.6.1 under window 2000 using a cygwin bash
> shell.
> 
> class Test
> def initialize(numbers,numberPossible)
> @numbers = numbers
> @numberPossible = numberPossible
> end
> attr_reader :numbers, :numberPossible
> attr_writer :numbers, :numberPossible
> end
> l = Test.new(6,54)
> l.numbers
> l.numberPossible
> 
>

Anand,

irb displays as it evaluates--which is behavior you probably wouldn't
want in general for all your programs.  Explicitly print what you want
to see. (use print, printf, puts, p, or whatever).

Welcome - I hope you like ruby as you get familiar with it.

  Mark