On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 2:21 AM, shusseina<[email protected]> wrote: > > From what I have read, in Ruby a Symbol is prefixed with a colon as > in :my_symbol, yet I can do this... > >>> :my_symbol > => :my_symbol >>> my_variable = :my_symbol > => :my_symbol >>> :my_symbol.class > => Symbol >>> :my_symbol.object_id > => 199218 >>> my_variable.class > => Symbol >>> my_variable.object_id > => 199218 > > Comments?
A common Ruby beginner confusion is not understanding the relationship between objects and variables. This article might help http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/2006/09/13/ -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
