From: "Moran, Craig M (BAH)" <MoranCM@...>
Date: 2004-02-26T03:05:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Profile-independent directory specification for NT?

My bad.  I did #ENV{ instead of #{ENV.  It behaves correctly now.  I
appreciate the explanation.
Craig

-----Original Message-----
From: Austin Ziegler [mailto:austin@halostatue.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:27 PM
To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Subject: Re: Profile-independent directory specification for NT?


On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 01:38:25 +0900, Moran, Craig M (BAH) wrote:
> Thanks!  This works perfectly.  However, Austin's solution does not.  I'd
> imagine it was a misplaced quote.  Is either style preferable over the
> other? Craig

I just tried my version in Windows XP with irb and it produced the exact 
result.

With the version provided by Jim Bob, you get a string, create a string, and

then add them to a new string. With mine, you're only creating one string 
through.

irb(main):030:0> profile_path = "#{ENV['USERPROFILE']}\\My Documents\\"
=> "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Austin\\My Documents\\"

-austin
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software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2004.02.25
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