From: craig duncan <duncan@...>
Date: 2000-12-22T05:51:00+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7913] Re: Vars in blocks

GOTO Kentaro wrote:
> 
> In message "[ruby-talk:7832] Vars in blocks"
>     on 00/12/21, craig duncan <duncan@nycap.rr.com> writes:
> >#!/usr/bin/ruby
> >
> >%w{ abc def ghi }.each do |s|
> >   sn = s
> >end
> >
> >p sn
> >
> >
> >But the output is:
> >
> >/home/craig/ruby/tst.rb:7: undefined local variable or method `sn' for
> >#<Object:0x40247c90> (NameError)
> 
> See The Ruby Language FAQ: Variables, constants, and arguments,
>     4.2 What is the scope of a local variable?
> 
> http://www.rubycentral.com/faq/rubyfaq-4.html#ss4.2
> 
> -- Gotoken


Thanks.  I've been reading my downloaded Ruby doc. (Debian dist) and the
FAQ doesn't have this in it (online is more current).  I'll read the
online doc from now on.