# Ruby

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## [Spliting hash using map!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spliting-hash-using-map/177142)

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**Author:** [@nescripter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nescripter)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spliting-hash-using-map/177142 "2009-10-12T15:48:31Z")

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Hello, I have a program which goes through a number of entries, a typical example of these entries is as follows: qwerty 0001 abcdef 0002 0003 0004 uvwxyz 0005 0006 Basically, the first string can match to one or m…

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## [Public windows build server](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-windows-build-server/177027)

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**Author:** [@barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/barby)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-windows-build-server/177027 "2009-10-12T15:09:55Z")

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Hi I’ve set up a windows build server too. http://ironruby.koolkraft.net Same goes if you want an ironruby project to be added to the build and run after every ironruby build. Let me know and we’ll see about getting …

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## [Numbers game - multiple guesses?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/numbers-game-multiple-guesses/177036)

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**Author:** [@johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnk)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/numbers-game-multiple-guesses/177036 "2009-10-12T13:23:22Z")

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I’m trying to figure out how to get a user to be able to submit guesses in a guessing game multiple times. This is what I have so far: print "I am thinking of a number between 1 and 10 , can you guess what it is? " …

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## [Thankyou](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thankyou/177143)

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**Author:** [@lgas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lgas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thankyou/177143 "2009-10-12T12:46:55Z")

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i just wanted to say thank you to every one who has helped me. I did not know where to say thank you in this forum a lot of replies came in and a lot of good information was given to me. i have a lot of reading and se…

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## [Tk on Snow Leopard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tk-on-snow-leopard/177094)

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**Author:** [@Dudebot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dudebot)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tk-on-snow-leopard/177094 "2009-10-12T11:35:40Z")

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Sorry about posting an OS specific question here, but the Apple support discussion groups seem to think this is a problem with Tk bindings in Ruby, not with Snow Leopard. Makes no sense to me, but whatever. I’ve use…

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## [Confuse with OptionParser -h opinion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confuse-with-optionparser-h-opinion/177138)

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**Author:** [@rubyernewbie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubyernewbie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confuse-with-optionparser-h-opinion/177138 "2009-10-12T11:19:16Z")

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require ‘optparse’ options = {} optparse = OptionParser.new do|opts| opts.banner = “Usage: file1 file2 …” opts.on( ‘-r’, ‘–hhhh’, ‘screen’ ) do puts opts end opts.on( ‘-s’, ‘–ssss’, ‘Display this screen’ ) do put…

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## [Main-3.0.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/main-3-0-1/177133)

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**Author:** [@ahoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ahoward)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/main-3-0-1/177133 "2009-10-12T06:16:37Z")

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NAME main.rb SYNOPSIS a class factory and dsl for generating command line programs real quick URI http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/ http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/ GitHub - ahoward/main: a class fac…

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## [Fattr-2.0.0 (supporting class inheritable attributes)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fattr-2-0-0-supporting-class-inheritable-attributes/177128)

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**Author:** [@ahoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ahoward)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 6:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fattr-2-0-0-supporting-class-inheritable-attributes/177128 "2009-10-12T06:00:14Z")

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NAME fattr.rb INSTALL gem install fattrs URIS GitHub - ahoward/fattr: fattr.rb is a "fatter attr" for ruby and borrows heavily from the metakoans.rb ruby quiz http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/ http://co…

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## [Forkoff-1.1.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forkoff-1-1-0/177127)

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**Author:** [@ahoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ahoward)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/forkoff-1-1-0/177127 "2009-10-12T05:59:03Z")

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NAME forkoff SYNOPSIS brain-dead simple parallel processing for ruby URI http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople GitHub - ahoward/forkoff: brain-dead simple parallel processing for ruby INSTALL gem install fo…

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## [Testing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing/177126)

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**Author:** [@ahoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ahoward)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/testing/177126 "2009-10-12T05:56:43Z")

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1, 2, 3… sorry for spam.

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## [Ruby beginner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beginner/177118)

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**Author:** [@lgas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lgas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beginner/177118 "2009-10-12T05:55:32Z")

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hi guys reading here seems like everyone is a whole lot smarter at this than i am…which is good “right”! I really am a beginner at this stuff…i downloaded ruby…good news…but how does it work…what kind of programs can …

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## [Define\_method behaves different than MRI](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/define-method-behaves-different-than-mri/177062)

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**Author:** [@barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/barby)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/define-method-behaves-different-than-mri/177062 "2009-10-12T05:52:02Z")

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Hi this used to work but now doesn’t anymore » ir IronRuby 0.9.1.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4927 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. class SomeClass … define\_method(:initialize) do |\*args| … put…

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## [Newbie problem with Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-problem-with-ruby/177108)

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**Author:** [@oscar-alexander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oscar-alexander)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-problem-with-ruby/177108 "2009-10-12T01:15:30Z")

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Hi there, just getting to know the language by writing console twitter client, I’m getting this error: ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0) from ./twitter\_client.rb:7:in initialize' from ./twitter…

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## [IronRuby C# Extensions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-c-extensions/177098)

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**Author:** [@shayfriedman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shayfriedman)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-c-extensions/177098 "2009-10-12T01:02:53Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to create an IronRuby C# extensions and I just can’t get it to work. Is there anything special I should do? This is what I do: Create a class library (.Net 2.0) Create a class and use the RubyModule …

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## [Re: public windows build server](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-public-windows-build-server/177120)

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**Author:** [@raker\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raker_t)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-public-windows-build-server/177120 "2009-10-12T00:53:31Z")

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Ivan, what OS, timezone and version of MRI are on that machine? From: Shri B. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Sent: October 11, 2009 1:07 PM To: Ivan Porto C. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Cc: removed\_em…

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## [Omnifocus 1.3.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/omnifocus-1-3-0-released/177114)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/omnifocus-1-3-0-released/177114 "2009-10-12T00:18:23Z")

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omnifocus version 1.3.0 has been released! http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb Synchronizes bug tracking systems to omnifocus. Changes: 1.3.0 / 2009-10-10 1 minor enhancement: Added ability to re-open tasks…

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## [\[bug:trunk\] prime and timeout](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-trunk-prime-and-timeout/177102)

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**Author:** [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-trunk-prime-and-timeout/177102 "2009-10-11T21:23:21Z")

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e$B$?$^$K!“e(Brubyspec e$B$,0J2\<$N$h$&$K\<:GT$9$k$3$H$,$”$j$^$9!#e(B http://www.rubyist.net/~akr/chkbuild/debian/ruby-trunk/log/20091008T160610.log.txt.gz : | 53) | Prime#each when an instance created via Prime.new in…

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## [Jdbc date troubles after packing app with rawr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jdbc-date-troubles-after-packing-app-with-rawr/176796)

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**Author:** [@John\_van\_de\_Loo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_van_de_Loo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jdbc-date-troubles-after-packing-app-with-rawr/176796 "2009-10-11T19:05:10Z")

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Hi, I hope this is the right place to ask this question. I have a jruby app, which works perfectly while running normally, but I get an error after packing the app with rawr: Exception in thread “AWT-EventQueue-0” f…

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## [Can't use variable from cgi with hpricot](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-use-variable-from-cgi-with-hpricot/177056)

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**Author:** [@wileydavis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wileydavis)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-use-variable-from-cgi-with-hpricot/177056 "2009-10-11T16:05:43Z")

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I’m trying to get a url from a form and return the page title of said url. I’m using cgi to get the web address from the url, which looks like this: http://somesite.com/result.rhtml?link=http%3A%2F%2Fpracticalpedal.co…

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## [When use self.method\_name and when only method\_name?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/when-use-self-method-name-and-when-only-method-name/177087)

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**Author:** [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/when-use-self-method-name-and-when-only-method-name/177087 "2009-10-11T12:34:01Z")

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Hi all Just a small newbie question: When calling a method inside an object, I should always use self.method\_name for good style, right? I know that I could always only use “method\_name”, but it’s a bit prone to error…

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## [\[ANN\] ERBook 8.0.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-erbook-8-0-0/177083)

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**Author:** [@snk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 8:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-erbook-8-0-0/177083 "2009-10-11T08:54:29Z")

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ERBook 8.0.0 Write books, manuals, and documents in eRuby http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/ ERBook is an extensible document processor that emits \[1\]any document you can im…

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## [\[Bug #853\](Closed) Rake $B$N%F%9%H$,L5$$(B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-853-closed-rake-b-n-f-9-h-l5-b/177080)

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**Author:** [@nobu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nobu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-853-closed-rake-b-n-f-9-h-l5-b/177080 "2009-10-11T06:58:40Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #853 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Nobuyoshi N.) e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B Opene$B$+$ie(BClosede$B$KJQ99e(B r25199 e$B$GDI2C$7$^$7$?!#e(B http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/853

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## [Using libraries in shoes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-libraries-in-shoes/177068)

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**Author:** [@Simon\_Hicks](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Simon_Hicks)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-libraries-in-shoes/177068 "2009-10-11T06:06:34Z")

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Hi all, I’ve been playing around with Shoes and although I understand all the examples I can find in online tutorials, I’m struggling to get it to do anything useful… The problem is I can’t seem to use require with a…

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## [\[Bug #843\] RubyGems include useless libraries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-843-rubygems-include-useless-libraries/177077)

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**Author:** [@nobu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nobu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-843-rubygems-include-useless-libraries/177077 "2009-10-11T05:40:48Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #843 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Nobuyoshi N.) rubygems/test\_utilities.rb : e$B%F%9%H@lMQ$J$N$GL\>A0$rJQ$($Fe(B test/ e$B0J2\<$K0\\F0!)e(B rubygems/timer.rb : e$B%G%P%C%0$H4J0W%Y%s%A%^!\<%/MQ!#DL\>o$O;H$o$l…

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## [SystemCallError.new does not create Errno](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/systemcallerror-new-does-not-create-errno/176897)

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**Author:** [@justincollins](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/justincollins)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/systemcallerror-new-does-not-create-errno/176897 "2009-10-11T05:23:20Z")

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SystemCallError.new is supposed to create a new instance of the appropriate Errno class based on the errno given. However, there seems to be some problem: irb(main):001:0\> Errno::EACCES.new.errno =\> 13 irb(main):002…

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## [Anyone got xmpp on jruby worknig](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-got-xmpp-on-jruby-worknig/176990)

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**Author:** [@dishkuvek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dishkuvek)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-got-xmpp-on-jruby-worknig/176990 "2009-10-11T00:41:46Z")

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I’m using appengine-jruby to deploy a Sinatra app to GAE. Just following the steps at: http://code.google.com/p/appengine-jruby/wiki/GettingStarted Seems to work pretty well (as in: fantastic, heroku-like levels of ‘…

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## [For loop in excel macro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/for-loop-in-excel-macro/177048)

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**Author:** [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/for-loop-in-excel-macro/177048 "2009-10-11T00:41:45Z")

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Hi all, Here is an off -Ruby topic. Recently I need to do a lot of work in Excel with repeated work. And macro might be some help. I wonder how I can loop some ranges of cells using a for loop in Excel. Thanks, …

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## [October Phoenix Ruby User Group Meeting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/october-phoenix-ruby-user-group-meeting/177072)

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**Author:** [@byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/byrnejb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/october-phoenix-ruby-user-group-meeting/177072 "2009-10-11T00:16:35Z")

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October Phoenix Ruby U. Group Meeting When: Monday, October 12, 2009 6:30pm door open. Laptop power and WiFi available. 7:00pm Showtime 8:30pm Migrate to Four Peaks Brewery Topic: John T. will tell us about using …

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## [Need help invoking debug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-invoking-debug/177043)

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**Author:** [@shawn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shawn)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-invoking-debug/177043 "2009-10-11T00:13:32Z")

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Newbie here… I’m trying to run a ruby program in debug mode. I used the following command: ruby -r debug debugtest.rb The response I get is this: Debug.rb Emacs support available. C:/Program Files/Ruby/lib/ruby/si…

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## [\[Bug #1148\] CGI::pretty$B$N@55,I=8=$N2~NI(B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1148-cgi-pretty-b-n-55-i-8-n2-ni-b/160149)

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**Author:** [@Takeyuki\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Takeyuki_F)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1148-cgi-pretty-b-n-55-i-8-n2-ni-b/160149 "2009-10-10T23:59:01Z")

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Bug #1148: CGI::prettye$B$N@55,I=8=$N2~NIe(B http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1148 e$B5/I\<\<Te(B: Takeyuki F. e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B: Open, e$BM%@hEYe(B: Normal e$BC4Ev\<Te(B: Takeyuki F., e$B%+%F%4%je(B: lib, Target…

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