[#386081] 1.9.2 Snow Leopard Installation — Viaduct Productions <lists@...>
Hi folks.
[#386089] how to make 1+a work if a is not a numeric object? — Zd Yu <zdyu2000@...>
I defined a to_i method for a, but it seems not work.
[#386100] Numeric#coerce docs are disaster — 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
num.coerce(numeric) → array
1) I don't know how coerce works.
[#386105] Installing gem problem — "amir e." <aef1370@...>
Hi
[#386114] Documentation Improvement Proposal — Chris White <cwprogram@...>
= Issues =
I reeeeeealy dislike user comments on documentation. It's one of the
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> wrote:
> What's wrong with stealing WikiPedia's procedures? The model works
On Aug 2, 2011, at 11:00 AM, Steve Klabnik wrote:
Apologies, I've just responded to everyone in-line.
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com>wrote:
On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 05:22:32AM +0900, Adam Prescott wrote:
I would like to touch on a more general issue I've had with language
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> wrote:
[#386153] Create dialog box after receiving a security message — "zarul z." <zafi240781@...>
Hi
[#386159] Abstract, modules and inheritance question — Piter Fcbk <piter.fcbk@...>
I have to import some csv files into the database. Each file had a
Piter Fcbk wrote in post #1014749:
[#386160] IDE List — Chris White <cwprogram@...>
Hey Everyone,
[#386172] Kernel.load and local scope — Mark Beek <markbeek@...>
When I use a variable in a loaded file that corresponds to a variable in
[#386177] What type of simple applications you wrote while learning Ruby? — Rubyist Rohit <passionate_programmer@...>
I am using NotePad++ on Windows 7 to write and learn Ruby. While
I doubt I'm saying anything controversial by stating that most people who
[#386186] Colores en la terminal — "Yábir G." <cometa199@...>
Hi everyone!
[#386203] Corrections in a Class — Rubyist Rohit <passionate_programmer@...>
Below is the code of my initial Class in the Ruby world. I want to make
With this what I followed is:
[#386227] Textmate: format ruby code — Michelle Pace <michelle@...>
Hello,
[#386231] Brainstorming ideas how to improve Ruby's documentation — Marc Heiler <shevegen@...>
The title is misleading...
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 05:48:08PM +0900, Marc Heiler wrote:
Hello,
What are you talking about? Ruby has a nice docs, railsapi.com for example.
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Alexander Litvinovsky
Alexander Litvinovsky wrote in post #1015099:
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Fred L. <f.linard@fdtec.net> wrote:
As a longtime [former] Java programmer, I have always found the java
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Andy Davis <ananonana@gmail.com> wrote:
> They are a usability and accessibility nightmare.
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Andy Davis <ananonana@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 02:48, Marc Heiler <shevegen@linuxmail.org> wrote:
On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 10:07:33AM +0900, Ryan Davis wrote:
On Aug 5, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Chad Perrin wrote:
[#386271] RubyLang.info is looking for more contributors! — Chris Ledet <christopher.ledet@...>
Hello fellow Rubyists
On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 05:54:34AM +0900, Chris Ledet wrote:
[#386296] Methods defined with module_eval are... faster? — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>
Hi, just let me show this code:
[#386297] Help out with the next version of ruby-lang.org — Magnus Holm <judofyr@...>
https://github.com/rubylang/ruby-lang.org
This sounds great. I've been using Markdown as a source file format
[#386312] bin-file on linux — CC Chen <dickyhide@...>
How to convert the script code to bin-file(Linux)?
[#386323] Excel chart question — CC Chen <dickyhide@...>
On Win32ole the excel chart created
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:40 AM, CC Chen <dickyhide@gmail.com> wrote:
Timothy Barnes wrote in post #1015519:
[#386328] 2011 Gotham Ruby Conference Videos are up — Stephen Schor <beholdthepanda@...>
Better late than never.
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Stephen Schor <beholdthepanda@gmail.com>wrote:
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Kevin <darkintent@gmail.com> wrote:
[#386341] Exceptional Ruby and Metaprogramming Ruby has anyone picked these up? — Kevin <darkintent@...>
I'm thinking of picking up these two books and was wondering if anyone
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Kevin <darkintent@gmail.com> wrote:
On Aug 8, 2011 8:43 PM, "Kevin" <darkintent@gmail.com> wrote:
Haven't read exceptional ruby, but metaprogramming ruby is very good. Probably one of my top two ruby books. Second is probably ruby best practices.
Like Ian and Andrew, I really liked Metaprogramming Ruby and have not
[#386364] need help to run my first program — "eman a." <eng.emanahmed22@...>
hi all,
[#386378] ruby installation — "Momodou J." <modou75alieu@...>
how to implement this in windows :
Chris White wrote in post #1015721:
On 08/09/2011 05:53 PM, Momodou J. wrote:
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Chris <chris@s-4-u.net> wrote:
On 08/09/2011 05:26 PM, Momodou J. wrote:
[#386388] MiniTest before and after all — Intransition <transfire@...>
What is the reasoning behind MiniTest's lack of support for
[#386389] Inspect method — "amir e." <aef1370@...>
Hi
[#386394] Problem in typical code — "amir e." <aef1370@...>
Hi
[#386401] *WHY* does this not work? — serialhex <serialhex@...>
ok, so code:
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 03:52:59AM +0900, serialhex wrote:
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Darryl L. Pierce <mcpierce@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 1:11 PM, serialhex <serialhex@gmail.com> wrote:
ok, many responses, all very good and reasonable, but i guess my point is
Whilst Ruby is probably a perfectly logical and self-consistent language
[#386413] Any simple solution for automatic test running? — Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...>
Hello,
[#386421] Is \d supposed to match Unicode Numbers? — Gavin Kistner <phrogz@...>
I posted this as a question here:
On Aug 09, 2011, at 02:28 PM, Gavin Kistner <phrogz@me.com> wrote:
[#386462] Passing multiple parameters — Avantec Van <abhilash@...>
Hi,
[#386464] cool.io 1.1.0 - a cool event library for Ruby — Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@...>
cool.io has a cool new version... 1.1.0
[#386472] Reg Ex Help Required — "saurabh a." <saurabh_anand2002@...>
Hi,
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Chris White <cwprogram@live.com> wrote:
[#386480] Odd regexp behavior — Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@...>
I'm running 1.9.2-p180
Also,
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:41 AM, 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@gmail.com> wrote:
On Aug 12, 2011, at 07:28 AM, Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Gavin Kistner <phrogz@me.com> wrote:
Because, when the (\s|$) at the end matches \s (a space), this space
[#386481] regex position error — Carlos Camargo <camargo.cr@...>
I have a regular expression:
[#386502] Problems with Accent in Ruby 1.9+ (Latin Characters) — Marco Floriano <marcofloriano@...7.com>
Hi folks,
[#386506] Distributing Ruby program as a standalone executable (exe) for windows — Michelle Pace <michelle@...>
Hello there,
It is possible, using "Ocra" gem. (There are also some other ways, but
[#386515] puts 2 float value at one line — Filemonster Filemonster <fantasyleague0629@...>
I want to print 2 float values which are separated by a space at one
[#386539] Online tutor for Ruby — T J Pereira <tj5155@...>
I am finding it difficult to apply the RUBY program. Its because i have
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 6:00 AM, T J Pereira <tj5155@tm.net.my> wrote:
TJ
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 8:07 AM, cathy alomari <cathy1428@gmail.com> wrote:
[#386556] I/O learning resource — "amir e." <aef1370@...>
Hi
[#386563] A Corresponding between C++ AND Ruby — "amir a." <amirhoo2008@...>
Hi
[#386584] noob question - pattern matching — Jesper Brandt <jb@...>
I have a list of 22000 8 digit numbers. Im looking for a number which is
[#386592] Stuck at an Issue with OptParse and File IO — ideal one <idealone5@...>
Hi,
ideal one wrote in post #1016461:
[#386594] graph 2.2.0 Released — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
graph version 2.2.0 has been released!
On 08/13/2011 02:56 AM, Ryan Davis wrote:
rake gallery
On 08/15/2011 09:41 AM, Ryan Davis wrote:
[#386599] How to get the Name of a Variable — Agent Mulder <mbmulder@...>
Hello.
> I suppose I'd have to ask why this is necessary. If you need a name
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Agent Mulder <mbmulder@online.nl> wrote:
[#386610] Fwd: Why this? — Николай <Godsent@...>
[#386623] Getting information from keyboard — "amir e." <aef1370@...>
Hi
[#386627] Problem with Files — "amir e." <aef1370@...>
Hi
[#386631] How to use "case" to match class names? (=== not so funny) — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>
Hi, easy example of what I need:
[#386637] class inheritance and class constants — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>
------------------------
2011/8/14 Chris White <cwprogram@live.com>:
On Aug 14, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Iki Baz Castillo wrote:
[#386643] Unwanted scan() method behavior — Panagiotis Atmatzidis <ml@...>
Greeting to everyone from Greece!
[#386662] SFTP grep on foreach — Sönke Buhr <sonke@...>
Hi guys,
[#386686] Ternary statement needing parenthesis..(?) — Michelle Pace <michelle@...>
Hello, just wondering why is it that I have to use the parenthesis in
[#386693] Converting .tiff -to-> .png? — Michelle Pace <michelle@...>
Hello there, I need to scale down a .tiff file and turn it into a .png
[#386710] How to create binary data from Ruby — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>
Hi, I need to create binary data from Ruby to send via network some
[#386721] SQL statement w/ Ruby variables — "Jeff S." <jesmith2095@...>
Hello All,
\223 ocatal = 147 decimal = 'o' with circumflex in extended ASCII
> sid = "12345678'
[#386741] Introducing Blirb--a tongue-in-cheek interactive quiz/game/tutorial — "Ian M. Asaff" <ian.asaff@...>
Hi Everyone,
[#386751] Re: How to send utf8 data to remote computer in ruby 1.9.2 — Alexey Petrushin <axyd80@...>
I believe that's not the right way to solve problems of 1% by
On Aug 17, 2011, at 11:54 AM, Alexey Petrushin <axyd80@gmail.com> wrote:
[#386755] Strangely slow float to int and int to float conversion — Petr Kovar <pejuko@...>
Hi,
[#386757] Papyrus 0.0.1 released — Quintus <sutniuq@...>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Quintus <sutniuq@gmx.net> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:50 AM, Florian Gilcher <flo@andersground.net>wrote:
[#386776] change into symlink directory - how? — Alexander Schaal <aschaal@...>
Hello all,
Thanks for the answer.
[#386779] bash: gem: command not found — reed das <nkatsikanis@...>
I have installed ruby with cygwin
[#386784] Green Shoes v1.0 released — ashbb <ashbbb@...>
Hello, everyone.
why do I get this error?
Hi,
Il giorno Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:26:19 +0900
[#386796] Searching in a directory — Yu Yu <htwoo@...>
Hello,
[#386813] Sticky bit via pure ruby — Marc Heiler <shevegen@...>
In unix you can do:
[#386818] switch string to object — zuerrong <zuerrong@...>
Hello,
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:30 AM, zuerrong <zuerrong@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:52 AM, zuerrong <zuerrong@gmail.com> wrote:
[#386821] Sorting Ruby hash by value and stored the result in hash. — kevin peter <sateesh.mca09@...>
Hi
[#386833] Open file .exe — "Yábir G." <cometa199@...>
How i can open a exe file with ruby
[#386834] Execute Inline Ruby for OSX (system wide) — Pawel Niznik <niznik.pawel@...>
Hey there,
[#386843] crear executable aplication — "Yábir G." <cometa199@...>
hello
[#386869] Documentation Translations — Chris White <cwprogram@...>
Hello Everyone,
[#386884] viiite 0.1.0 Released — Bernard Lambeau <blambeau@...>
viiite version 0.1.0 has been released!
[#386893] Gritty Details of super() — luke gruber <luke.gru@...>
Hey guys,
On Aug 21, 2011, at 11:21 AM, luke gruber <luke.gru@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Gavin Kistner <phrogz@me.com> wrote:
>extend Mod
Class is also an Module wich is also an Object (and there the circle is
[#386900] Possble bug in Ruby parser (Fixnum#times within "case" statement) — Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@...>
Hi, I cannot find an explanation for the following issue so I think it's a bug:
2011/8/22 Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com>:
2011/8/22 Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com>:
2011/8/22 Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com>:
2011/8/22 Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com>:
So this refactoring works:
[#386917] mkmf & config question — serialhex <serialhex@...>
ok so check this out:
[#386920] New to Ruby some problems — jack jones <shehio_22@...>
I am new to Ruby, My mother tongue is C++ .. I have too many problems I
Thank you very much Chuck Remes :)
On Aug 22, 2011, at 8:32 AM, jack jones wrote:
[#386949] Want to get involved with this doc stuff? I'm making it even easier — Steve Klabnik <steve@...>
Hey guys-
Steve Klabnik wrote in post #1017919:
[#386967] win32-open3 Issue — Rails Crazy Idiot <mail2sanand@...>
Hi All,
[#386991] Any model-validation library without ActiveSupport dependency? — Alexey Petrushin <axyd80@...>
Hello, is there any model-validation library without dependency on
Thanks.
[#387004] Conventions for reusable component assets — Intransition <transfire@...>
What conventions have evolved for placing reusable website assets in a
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Intransition <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
Cnjm
So funny story. I have been on this list for about 3 months. Always told
[#387013] how to find all matches using ruby regex? — michael xu <guorong.xu@...>
I have the following ruby code and I want to find all matched
[#387043] calling a descendant's method — Alexey Muranov <muranov@...>
Hello,
[#387058] How the access the values of this result — QAS WM <qaiserwali@...>
I am getting the following as a result of a script I run.
Le 26/08/2011 09:33, QAS WM a 辿crit :
[#387070] overloading methods question please? — jack jones <shehio_22@...>
def do_something(a as Array)
[#387089] ssh login to a host — Rick Tan <bellcolt@...>
Hi,
[#387094] Re: Ruby Future in coming years — Akshay Jangid <akshay.dce@...>
Akshay Jangid wrote in post #1008294:
[#387101] Issue with scruffy and Rmagick — art tav <arturo@...>
Hi
[#387115] Non-literal hash elements in argument list? — Jay Levitt <jay-rforum@...>
Many Rails helpers use an idiomatic options hash as their last argument;
[#387120] NEWBIE issue: getting the rails command to work — Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@...>
My OS: Swift Linux (derivative of antiX Linux, a lightweight version of MEPIS)
The "rails tickets" command didn't work, but the "rails new tickets" command did work.
[#387133] Connecting Ruby and MySQL — "amir e." <aef1370@...>
I installed MySQL 5.5 ( mysql-installer-5.5.15.0.msi ) and mysql gem (
[#387138] String#split resets regex captures variables (Ruby 1.8.7) — Olivier Lance <bestiol@...>
Hi,
Olivier Lance wrote in post #1018967:
I think it makes sense for $1, $2 etc to change any time a regex match
2011/8/29 Bartosz Dziewoナгki <matma.rex@gmail.com>
Hi all,
[#387196] SAMSUNG to produce "Ruby on Rails in Silicon" System on a Chip — Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>
(public draft)
I've got a Samsung Galaxy S II. It's great. I only have to re-boot it
Note to readers:
[#387197] Prepend a character to a string in ruby — ruby rails <rubyonrails4me@...>
Hi,
Another way:
On 31 August 2011 13:44, Marc Heiler <shevegen@linuxmail.org> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz> wrote:
[#387202] Deaf Grandma Program doesn't work right — Samuel Mensah <sasogeek@...>
Grandma has hearing issues 'cos she's getting old. All she does is
[#387212] GUI programming — Samuel Mensah <sasogeek@...>
Is ruby GUI programming something that will come along as I study ruby
I believe right now it's better to stay with console, there's no Ruby
Alexey Petrushin wrote in post #1019470:
To be fair, I never could get wxRuby working on my computer.
Steve Klabnik wrote in post #1019624:
[#387222] Testing threads in RSpec — James Lavin <james@...>
Is it possible to test threads in RSpec? For example (FYI: Jukebox is a
[#387233] ripper on array access operation — "Surya G." <sgaddipati@...>
Ripper.sexp('a[1]')
Quoting "Surya G." <sgaddipati@obtiva.com>:
unknown wrote in post #1019486:
Quoting "Surya G." <sgaddipati@obtiva.com>:
On Aug 31, 2011, at 7:00 PM, justincollins@ucla.edu wrote:
On 08/31/2011 08:41 PM, Michael Edgar wrote:
Re: New to Ruby some problems
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:26 PM, jack jones <shehio_22@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I am sorry I can't fix the errors though :S:S!
>
> Attachments:
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/6538/2Dto1D.rb
when in ruby, think in ruby.
when new in language, start slowly, a line of code at a time, rtfm.
try eg,
$ cat -n test_matrix.rb
1 # This is a program to store a two dimension array into one
dimension only .. ROW major
2 class MATRIX
3 attr_reader :array
4 def initialize(rows, cols)
5 @cols = cols
6 @array = Array.new(rows*cols){ rand(10)}
7 end
8
9 # set desired row and column and value
10 def []=(row, column, value)
11 position = index row, column
12 @array[position] = value
13 end
14
15 # retrieve value from row, column
16 def [](row, column)
17 position = index row, column
18 return @array[position]
19 end
20
21 private
22 def index row, column
23 return (row-1) * @cols + (column-1) # ruby array index starts at 0
24 end
25 end
26
27
28 mat = MATRIX.new(2,2)
29 puts "before"
30 p mat.array
31
32 puts "after"
33 mat[1,1]=11
34 mat[1,2]=12
35 mat[2,1]=21
36 mat[2,2]=22
37
38 puts mat[1,1]
39 puts mat[1,2]
40 puts mat[2,1]
41 puts mat[2,2]
42
43 p mat.array
44
45
$ ruby test_matrix.rb
before
[5, 8, 6, 4]
after
11
12
21
22
[11, 12, 21, 22]
kind regards -botp