# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1362 [Latest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.ruby-forum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.ruby-forum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1363 --- ## [(no subject)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/114621)
**Author:** [@Ramon\_Arnau](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ramon_Arnau)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/114621 "2007-09-17T13:25:09Z")
unsubscribe --- ## [Fwd: IP to Country (#139) - early submission, please forward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-ip-to-country-139-early-submission-please-forward/197156)
**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-ip-to-country-139-early-submission-please-forward/197156 "2007-09-17T13:25:05Z")
Begin forwarded message: --- ## [Input question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/input-question/114731)
**Author:** [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/input-question/114731 "2007-09-17T13:25:04Z")
I must have forgotten something dreadfully simple. How do I limit input (from stdin in this case) so that the first non AlphaNumeric ends input? I fiddled with gets and with $/ to no avail. I know I could do input va… --- ## [Re: IP to Country (#139)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ip-to-country-139/114739)
**Author:** [@steve\_d](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steve_d)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ip-to-country-139/114739 "2007-09-17T13:24:59Z")
On 9/14/07, Ruby Q. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: This week’s Ruby Q. is to write a simple utility. Your program should accept an IP address as a command-line argument and print out the two letter code … --- ## [Time#now](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-now/114469)
**Author:** [@jarvo88](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jarvo88)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-now/114469 "2007-09-17T13:24:59Z")
Hey guys, i have something like this T = Time.now TIME = “\[#{$T.hour}:#{$T.min}:#{$T.sec}\]” The time format works perfectly for me unless either the minutes, hours or seconds are 1 digit, it doesnt add a 0 in front o… --- ## [Some help with # mget command to the ML please](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/some-help-with-mget-command-to-the-ml-please/114714)
**Author:** [@jayson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jayson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/some-help-with-mget-command-to-the-ml-please/114714 "2007-09-17T13:24:53Z")
I have tried using the # mget command to search the posts for info, but it has failed every time. Does this command work for anyone, or am I just goofing it up? Jayson --- ## [Mongrel/XMLRPC For Ruby - Max Post Size](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-xmlrpc-for-ruby-max-post-size/114692)
**Author:** [@BJ\_Dierkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BJ_Dierkes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-xmlrpc-for-ruby-max-post-size/114692 "2007-09-17T13:24:47Z")
Hello List… Ruby: 1.8.6 Mongrel= 1.0.1 I have created a Ruby XMLRPC server (xmlrpc4r with mongrel) that is working great. Now I am working on posting large files that are base64 encoded and am having problems. The… --- ## [Inject method](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inject-method/114601)
**Author:** [@harper](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/harper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inject-method/114601 "2007-09-17T13:24:46Z")
hi guys, can someone explain (verbosely!) the inject method to me, or point me to some good reference with some good detailed examples? i find it pretty attractive and am trying to find excuses to use it somewhere as … --- ## [XML as web service method's input parameter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xml-as-web-service-methods-input-parameter/114508)
**Author:** [@miquel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miquel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xml-as-web-service-methods-input-parameter/114508 "2007-09-17T13:24:36Z")
Hi there I’m trying to fill a web service method’s input parameter with an XML and the SOAP message appears without this parameter content. Should I do something to use a XML as a parameter (like php does using word … --- ## [Fwd: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-please-forward-ruby-quiz-submission/229159)
**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-please-forward-ruby-quiz-submission/229159 "2007-09-17T13:24:23Z")
Begin forwarded message: --- ## [Win32-api 1.0.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32-api-1-0-0/114699)
**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32-api-1-0-0/114699 "2007-09-17T13:24:22Z")
Hi all, The Win32Utils Team is happy to announce the first release of win32-api. = What is it? This is a replacement for the Win32API library that currently ships with the Ruby standard library. = Quick Synopsis re… --- ## [Fwd: IP to Country (139)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-ip-to-country-139/229149)
**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-ip-to-country-139/229149 "2007-09-17T13:24:14Z")
Begin forwarded message: --- ## [Please retry installation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-retry-installation/114674)
**Author:** [@Une\_BSSSSvS\_ue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Une_BSSSSvS_ue)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-retry-installation/114674 "2007-09-17T13:24:02Z")
since last update of dev tools, i don’t see anymore RubyCocoa Application in XCode : File \> New Project … \> Assistant \> Application i’ve tried to re-install RubyCocoa using “RubyCocoa-0.12.0-OSX10.4universal.dmg” on … --- ## [Garbage Collection segfault and debug interpreter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/garbage-collection-segfault-and-debug-interpreter/114390)
**Author:** [@sjml](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sjml)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/garbage-collection-segfault-and-debug-interpreter/114390 "2007-09-17T13:24:00Z")
I’ve got a C++ application that initializes a Ruby interpreter and opens itself up to scripting via SWIG. Everything is working fine, but I seem to be getting segfaults on internal garbage collection. That is, if I ca… --- ## [CouchObject 0.5](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/couchobject-0-5/114667)
**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/couchobject-0-5/114667 "2007-09-17T13:23:59Z")
CouchObject is a set of libraries to talk to CouchDb ( http://www.couchdbwiki.com) = Overview: CouchObject includes both a set of client libraries for talking to CouchDb, creating/updating/delete/reading documents a… --- ## [Where is the call to Tempfile.new in this code?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-is-the-call-to-tempfile-new-in-this-code/114662)
**Author:** [@overworked\_phd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/overworked_phd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-is-the-call-to-tempfile-new-in-this-code/114662 "2007-09-17T13:23:50Z")
At the following URL http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse\_thread/thread/db1d1d63b26d371/21bba01335a8615c?lnk=gst&q=mandatory+locks&rnum=3#21bba01335a8615c There is the following code #!/usr/local/ruby-… --- ## [Hpricot Html Parsing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hpricot-html-parsing/114535)
**Author:** [@suja](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/suja)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hpricot-html-parsing/114535 "2007-09-17T13:23:48Z")
Hi, I’m getting funky characters, when parsing html using Hpricot. How to remove this funky character? Anyone have a fix / workaround for this? thanks in advance, Suja --- ## [Undefined method \`+' for nil:NilClass (NoMeth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-for-nil-nilclass-nometh/114349)
**Author:** [@mahen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mahen)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-for-nil-nilclass-nometh/114349 "2007-09-17T13:23:40Z")
Dear All, Am trying to create a character generator in RUBY. it will create characters from a-z in the folowing way: a b c z aa ab ac and so on. sor here is my first code: Array = \[‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’ ,‘d’, ‘e’, ‘f’… --- ## [If i don't use @n but use n instead, there is no error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/if-i-dont-use-n-but-use-n-instead-there-is-no-error/114619)
**Author:** [@winterheat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/winterheat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/if-i-dont-use-n-but-use-n-instead-there-is-no-error/114619 "2007-09-17T13:23:39Z")
in an instance method, if i didn’t use @n but used n, the program still runs… and it is not changing the global n… so what is it changing? Example: n = 10 class Foo def initialize(i) @n = i end def change() put… --- ## [Re: IP to Country (#139)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ip-to-country-139/114650)
**Author:** [@steve\_d](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/steve_d)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ip-to-country-139/114650 "2007-09-17T13:23:38Z")
From: “Simon Kröger” removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Ok, my script does not need any initialization, it uses the file IpToCountry.csv exactly as downloaded. Same here. $ time ruby locate.rb 1.2.3.4 4.5.6.77 12… --- ## [Different handling of local variables and instance variables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/different-handling-of-local-variables-and-instance-variables/114464)
**Author:** [@Tammo\_T](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tammo_T)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/different-handling-of-local-variables-and-instance-variables/114464 "2007-09-17T13:23:37Z")
Hello, I somehow stumbled over a, how I think, strange behavior. When I try to handle a undefined variable in irb I get something like that: irb(main):001:0\> !blubb NameError: undefined local variable or method \`blub… --- ## [Re: How to read values dynamically](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-read-values-dynamically/114486)
**Author:** [@2tcreative](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/2tcreative)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-read-values-dynamically/114486 "2007-09-17T13:23:37Z")
Hi, here is a instance for read values dynamically class Test A\_HASH = {"key1"=\>value1,"key2"=\>value2} A\_HASH.each\_key do |key| module\_eval \<\<-EOF def #{key} find :all,:conditions=\>\[" attribute = ?",Test::… --- ## [Code quiz #1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-quiz-1/114583)
**Author:** [@winterheat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/winterheat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-quiz-1/114583 "2007-09-17T13:23:32Z")
a = Array(11…20) class Foo attr\_reader :a a = 123 def initialize(i) @a = Array(1…10) end def change() puts puts “Inside of change!!!” a\[2\] = 111111 # intentionally not using @a end def print\_it pu… --- ## [\# matome 17](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/matome-17/114629)
**Author:** [@Slavo\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Slavo_F)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/matome-17/114629 "2007-09-17T13:23:19Z")
matome 17 --- ## [LAIKA Open Source Software](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/laika-open-source-software/114457)
**Author:** [@brblakley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brblakley)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/laika-open-source-software/114457 "2007-09-17T13:23:14Z")
Hello! On behalf of the entire LAIKA Information Technology department, it is my great pleasure to announce the release of a number of projects developed by the Information Systems group: Athenaeum – A “live” web vi… --- ## [Closures defined inside a class method](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/closures-defined-inside-a-class-method/114611)
**Author:** [@elliterate](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elliterate)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/closures-defined-inside-a-class-method/114611 "2007-09-17T13:23:12Z")
This is just weird… class ClassA def self.func1 def func2 puts “In func2” end func2 end end ClassA.func1 =\> NameError: undefined local variable or method \`func2’ for ClassA:Class I can call other class meth… --- ## [XML in Ruby - Templating Engine](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xml-in-ruby-templating-engine/114622)
**Author:** [@michaeln](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michaeln)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xml-in-ruby-templating-engine/114622 "2007-09-17T13:23:07Z")
Hi, While everyone embeds Ruby into HTML code nowadays, I thought why not do it the other way round? Vim syntax highlighting included :slight\_smile: http://www.ntecs.de/hg-projects/xml\_in\_ruby/ Uh, and it’s soo simpl… --- ## [Where is the call to tempfile in the following code?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-is-the-call-to-tempfile-in-the-following-code/114577)
**Author:** [@overworked\_phd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/overworked_phd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-is-the-call-to-tempfile-in-the-following-code/114577 "2007-09-17T13:23:07Z")
At the following URL http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse\_thread/thread/db… There is the following code #!/usr/local/ruby-1.8.0/bin/ruby require ‘ftools’ require ‘tempfile’ def compete who, f 5.tim… --- ## [Users Guide for FXRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/users-guide-for-fxruby/114618)
**Author:** [@jayson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jayson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/users-guide-for-fxruby/114618 "2007-09-17T13:23:04Z")
I have been looking into some of the GUI offerings for Ruby, namely Tk and FXRuby. I have found great documentation for Tk, but not nearly as much for FXRuby. Does anyone knows of a good users guide for FXRuby, or som… --- ## [Merge an array of hashes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/merge-an-array-of-hashes/114454)
**Author:** [@cleaner416](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cleaner416)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/merge-an-array-of-hashes/114454 "2007-09-17T13:21:52Z")
For some reason I can’t get my head wrapped around this trivial exercise. I have an array of hashes like so a = \[ { :some\_key =\> :some\_value }, { :another\_key =\> :another\_value } \] And I would like to flatten it to … [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1361) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1363)