From: Shashank Date <shanko_date@...>
Date: 2004-04-06T06:28:08+09:00
Subject: Re: object.@attribute


--- rolo <rohitlodha@hotwireindia.com> wrote:
> Why cannot we have attribute access of the object
> from anywhere in the program by sennding a message
> @attribute
> 
> class Example
> 	def initialize
> 		@number = '1.0'
> 	end
> end
> 
> e = Example.new
> print e.@number => should print 1.0


Would this work for you?

class Example
    attr_reader :number
    def initialize
        @number = '1.0'
    end
end

e = Example.new
puts e.number #=> will print 1.0


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