# Error : (undefined method \`write')

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-undefined-method-write/166842>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 30, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-undefined-method-write/166842 "2009-04-30T03:02:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-undefined-method-write/166842/1 "2009-04-30T03:02:56Z")

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Complete line from error inside SciTE :

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test.rb:12: undefined method `write’ for #String:0x3a36d64  
(NoMethodError)

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Error results from this line :

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google\_data.to\_xml.write($stdout, 1)

* * *

… trying to use this Scrubyt sample script on WinXP:

require ‘rubygems’  
require ‘scrubyt’

google\_data = Scrubyt::Extractor.define do  
fetch ‘[Google](http://www.google.com/ncr)’  
fill\_textfield ‘q’, ‘ruby’  
submit

result ‘Ruby P.ming Language’  
end

google\_data.to\_xml.write($stdout, 1)  
Scrubyt::ResultDumper.print\_statistics(google\_data)