On 3 March 2017 at 17:51, Joe Guerra <[email protected]> wrote: > ok, i used pry.binding to look at the @remining variable and it's nil. > > that why it's not working. so the question is why is this the case when > it has a value in the show section?
As tamouse said: >>> You *can* as it is an *instance variable*, but it will only be available >>> for that instance of the controller (i.e., a single request). If you're >>> calling other methods during that show request, the instance variable will >>> be available. If you want to access it from another method that responds to >>> a different request, it won't be set. You can also use this instance >>> variable in any views resulting from the show method. You are trying to access it from another method that responds to a different request. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAL%3D0gLuh2Y-Xjfi0HdGfMG0otnfvtRPuVC6JB4qZsVSq5Y8Hsw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
