Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: jake kaiden Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: Understanding global variables. Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:36:26 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <962f80bb11f2292d2ba5498cbfca785c@ruby-forum.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1302875188 363 65.111.164.187 (15 Apr 2011 13:46:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:46:28 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <962f80bb11f2292d2ba5498cbfca785c@ruby-forum.com> X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 381629 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:2940 hi fily - yeah, stuff gets kind of confusing at first, but you'll get the hang of it. check out this post for a good explanation: http://continuousthinking.com/2007/6/23/instance-variables-in-ruby > To make this short what I was trying to say with GLOBAL is accessible in > all methods within the class this is what instance variables do... - j -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.