[#394281] Can someone throw me a bone — Bob Baird <lists@...>

Hi all,

14 messages 2012/04/02

[#394311] using hash as database? Secure databases with ruby? — ruby rocks <lists@...>

I am new to programming and am learning ruby as my first language. I

16 messages 2012/04/03
[#394315] Re: using hash as database? Secure databases with ruby? — Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@...> 2012/04/03

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:30 AM, ruby rocks <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

[#394318] Re: using hash as database? Secure databases with ruby? — ruby rocks <lists@...> 2012/04/03

Hassan Schroeder wrote in post #1054862:

[#394320] Re: using hash as database? Secure databases with ruby? — Florian Gilcher <flo@...> 2012/04/03

[#394375] Call for comments - Structure — Hal Fulton <rubyhacker@...>

Greetings, fellow Rubyists...

14 messages 2012/04/04

[#394390] Design pattern question — James French <James.French@...>

Hi group,

15 messages 2012/04/05

[#394471] How to pull out specific part of a variable and set to another variable? — "Charlie B." <lists@...>

I have a variable that is a long string. The variable looks like this:

9 messages 2012/04/09

[#394492] New to Ruby, tutorial gives wrong example. — Roger McDonald <lists@...>

I am just starting with Ruby with intention to learn and perhaps use it

11 messages 2012/04/10

[#394533] A Beginner's Question about Metaprogramming — Phil Stone <lists@...>

Hey guys, have a question about Ruby programming and found this forum

20 messages 2012/04/10

[#394616] How to test if array element exists? — Soul Surf <lists@...>

I'm new to Ruby and just want to test if an array element exists. Here's

11 messages 2012/04/13

[#394642] how to avoid escaping special chars after backslah in string — Lucky Nl <lists@...>

Hi friends,

13 messages 2012/04/13
[#394645] Re: how to avoid escaping special chars after backslah in string — Roger Pack <lists@...> 2012/04/13

so what's your ideal syntax here?

[#394658] Why doesn't Fixnum#to_d exist? — Mark Campbell <nitrodist@...>

http://stdlib.rubyonrails.org/libdoc/bigdecimal/rdoc/index.html

15 messages 2012/04/13
[#394660] Re: Why doesn't Fixnum#to_d exist? — Bartosz Dziewoński <matma.rex@...> 2012/04/13

It does exist, but it's in a separate file - bigdecimal/util or utils,

[#394663] Re: Why doesn't Fixnum#to_d exist? — Mark Campbell <nitrodist@...> 2012/04/13

Yes, that file has the String#to_d, Float#to_d and Rational#to_d.

[#394675] Operator overloading of the subscript operator — Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>

I understand that operators (e.g. +, -, *, []) are nothing more than method names so that

16 messages 2012/04/14
[#394677] Re: Operator overloading of the subscript operator — "Jan E." <lists@...> 2012/04/14

Hi,

[#394678] Re: Operator overloading of the subscript operator — Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com> 2012/04/14

Jan,

[#394767] Capital Cyrillic letter in Ruby class name (UTF-8) — Vladimir Kerimov <lists@...>

Hi matz,

22 messages 2012/04/17

[#394803] Why must I know whether I extend a class or a module? — Marc Heiler <lists@...>

Hi.

18 messages 2012/04/18
[#394843] Re: Why must I know whether I extend a class or a module? — Intransition <transfire@...> 2012/04/19

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:13:17 PM UTC-4, Marc Heiler wrote:

[#394853] How can i make the colorful font with black background for puts? — gmspro gmspro <lists@...>

puts 'Hello World."

10 messages 2012/04/19

[#394865] finding duplicates in an array and its index number — newto ruby <lists@...>

Hi,

11 messages 2012/04/19

[#394964] To developers of Ruby: Feeble documentation - weakness of Ruby and the Ruby on Rails (2nd edition) — Sergey Ezhov <lists@...>

Directly I apologize for my English - I used the automatic translator.

13 messages 2012/04/23
[#394971] Re: To developers of Ruby: Feeble documentation - weakness of Ruby and the Ruby on Rails (2nd editio — Brian Candler <lists@...> 2012/04/23

I think you are a bit confused.

[#394969] gem-packed script with DATA section does not work — Wybo Dekker <wybo@...4all.nl>

The attached minimal gem contains a script that reads "Hello World!"

20 messages 2012/04/23
[#394970] Re: gem-packed script with DATA section does not work — Xavier Noria <fxn@...> 2012/04/23

DATA points to the contents after the __END__ directive of the executable

[#394973] Re: gem-packed script with DATA section does not work — Wybo Dekker <wybo@...4all.nl> 2012/04/23

On 2012-04-23 11:39, Xavier Noria wrote:

[#394988] Re: gem-packed script with DATA section does not work — Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...> 2012/04/23

[#394997] Re: gem-packed script with DATA section does not work — Peter Zotov <whitequark@...> 2012/04/23

Ryan Davis писал 23.04.2012 22:58:

[#395004] Re: gem-packed script with DATA section does not work — Wybo Dekker <wybo@...4all.nl> 2012/04/24

On 2012-04-23 22:57, Peter Zotov wrote:

[#395024] -BEGINNERS- Where do I Start? — "Thought M." <lists@...>

Hello World....... I am very new to code but have been glancing at it

13 messages 2012/04/25

[#395035] if if if statment — fox foxmaster <lists@...>

Hi all,

19 messages 2012/04/25

[#395085] Wrappng up my Text Game! Need Help! — Jared Hobbs <lists@...>

Hi, everyone. This is my first post!

18 messages 2012/04/26

[#395099] ruby/shoes GUI - sqlite, how to isert a variable key in table? — "Danilo L." <lists@...>

Hello, I am struggling to insert a variable into a table, for example:

17 messages 2012/04/27
[#395104] Re: ruby/shoes GUI - sqlite, how to isert a variable key in table? — Zachary Scott <zachary@...> 2012/04/27

Hi Danilo, How are you enjoying shoooes?

[#395105] Re: ruby/shoes GUI - sqlite, how to isert a variable key in table? — Michel <michel.revesche@...> 2012/04/27

[#395113] why does this return 255 bits instead of 256 (and general bit byte hex string array crypt mayhem :P) — instance_variable ok <lists@...>

So I am doing something that requires me to manipulate things on the bit

14 messages 2012/04/27

[#395193] delete character from array — Ok Ok <lists@...>

Here is my question...

17 messages 2012/04/30
[#395196] Re: delete character from array — Ok Ok <lists@...> 2012/04/30

Yes that was exactly it. I have one more question maybe you can help me

Re: A Beginner's Question about Metaprogramming

From: "Jan E." <lists@...>
Date: 2012-04-11 04:49:07 UTC
List: ruby-talk #394549
Phil Stone wrote in post #1055948:
> Am I correct that the code below can't be rewritten, since it doesn't
> deal with Singletons? (taking a risky assumption here)
>
> class_eval do
>     define_method( :initialize ) do
>         self.class.traits.each do |k,v|
>             instance_variable_set("@#{k}", v)
>         end
>     end
> end

You could leave out the "class_eval" and "define_method" and simply 
write "def initialize ... end" like you normally do, since this isn't a 
dynamic method definition at all:

def initialize
  self.class.traits.each do |k,v|
    instance_variable_set("@#{k}", v)
  end
end



> Also, I've been really confused about the difference between classes and
> objects.
> I know that Objects are classes themselves, through "Object.class",
> which returns "Class".

This is a misunderstanding. Every object *has* a class, which defines 
the methods of the object. You can interpret classes as some kind of 
"construction plans" for objects.

In most object oriented languages like Java or C++., classes aren't 
objects themselves but rather some kind of special entities. This isn't 
true for Ruby. In Ruby, classes are normal objects that behave like any 
other object. They can have instance variables and methods (like for 
example "superclass" or "attr_accessor").

The class of every class is "Class".



> If "hello" is an instance and String is a class, what is an example of
> an Object?

Both "hello" and String are objects. "hello" is an instance of the class 
String, and String is an instance of the class Class.

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