The problem you are seeing is because inside the #map block you don't reference the project root variable as an instance variable, but as a local variable. Hence the error “undefined local variable or method `theProjectRoot'” :)
If you change the block like this, all should be good: map {|f| @theProjectRoot.stringByAppendingPathComponent(f) } On Jan 27, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Martin Hawkins wrote: > I find the following behaviour a little bizarre: > At the macirb prompt (0.8) > fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager > @theProjectRoot = '/Users/martin/work/macruby/lots_of_files' > => "/Users/martin/work/macruby/lots_of_files" >>> filenames = fileManager.contentsOfDirectoryAtPath(@theProjectRoot, >>> error:nil).map {|f| theProjectRoot.stringByAppendingPathComponent(f) } > NameError: undefined local variable or method `theProjectRoot' for > main:TopLevel > > If I create a local variable with the name theProjectRoot, then the > statement runs correctly. According to the documentation, > NSFileManager.defaultManager.contentsOfDirectoryAtPath requires a > string; the scope of the variable should be irrelevant, shouldn't it? > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel _______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel