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From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: undefined local variable or method `city' for #<Context:0x10099d8>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 07:09:22 +0100
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On 11.12.2015 07:00, gengyangcai@gmail.com wrote:
> first_name = gets.chomp
> last_name = city
>
> undefined local variable or method `city' for #<Context:0x10099d8>
>
> What does "undefined local variable or method `city' for
> #<Context:0x10099d8>" mean? Tried searching in Google, but no results
> were returned ...

Obviously #city is undefined at the point of execution.  You see this 
effect:

$ ruby2.0 -e 'x=city'
-e:1:in `<main>': undefined local variable or method `city' for 
main:Object (NameError)

But we are lacking context - or rather: Context.

	robert

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