Thanks Fred. I guess I did not fully understand the sequence in which ruby loads files. I put a "require 'name_of_file_with_constant_declaration'" at the top of the file in which I am using the constant and that fixed it.
Yoram On Nov 26, 5:01 am, Frederick Cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 26, 2:13 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to declare a constant in one file and access it in another. > > It doesn't seem to be working. > > > Here's my declaration (at the top of a file, remainder of file omitted > > for brevity): > > > NUM_SECTIONS_TO_PARSE = 7 > > > class UserDataFile < File > > > def self.parse_file(src_name, parse_progress) > > > (other stuff follows) > > > Here's where i'm trying to access it: > > > parse_progress = Array.new(::NUM_SECTIONS_TO_PARSE, ::NOT_YET_PARSED) > > > it fails with the message: uninitialized constant > > NUM_SECTIONS_TO_PARSE > > > I've run into this problem several times before and always somehow > > hacked my way around it, but I want to get it right this time. Any > > help appreciated. > > Has that file been loaded at the point you try to use that constant? > > Fred > > > Yoram > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
