Ruby

Nokogiri and xpath for changing value on the web
ruby 1.8.6 Ubuntu 8.04 nokogiri 1.4.0 Hi. I am trying to get a number(Nikkei 225) from the web site, "Google Finance". It's a number that indicates the average of major stock prices, which changes in real-time. http://www.google.com/finance?q=INDEXNIKKEI:.N225 here is the code I tried. -----------------... 21 Dec 2009 03:43

DESTROY in ruby
Hello, Does ruby have a DESTROY method in its class? like, class Myclass def DESTROY something end end Thanks. ... 21 Dec 2009 03:43

[ANN] mms2r 2.4.0 Released
mms2r version 2.4.0 has been released! * <http://mms2r.rubyforge.org/> * <by Mike Mondragon> * <http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?group_id=3065> * <http://github.com/monde/mms2r> * <http://peepcode.com/products/mms2r-pdf> ## DESCRIPTION MMS2R is a library that decodes the parts of an MMS message to disk while ... 20 Dec 2009 18:00

which project should I work on?
Gordon Thiesfeld wrote: On Sep 25, 2009, at 6:17 PM, Roger Pack <rogerpack2005(a)gmail.com> wrote: Are there any other gems that people use that they wish could become 1.9 compat? Win32console Ruby-snarl All righty got ruby-snarl updated :) Can't seem to push it to gemcutter as of... 19 Jan 2010 15:46

ruby in twenty minutes not work
in ruby offical site two links doesnot work.do you know reasons? 1- ruby in 20 minutes second page not open. 2 - tryruby.hobix.com : not open . i could open it 1 month ago. but during tutorial i couldnot write square brackets [ ] in destop and notebook keyboard. also some special signs like # {} " cannaot wri... 19 Dec 2009 23:35

grep a block
Hi, Please can anybody tell how to grep a block? between 2 string i had few lines of code example: <mms:MmsCcppAccept> 1 2 3 4 5 </mms:MmsCcppAccept> i've tried that way but its not working, see below my code: --- #!/usr/bin/ruby filename = ARGV[0] File.open(filename).each do |line| if ... 19 Dec 2009 09:25

problem requiring gems under 1.9.1 mingw
I have both 1.8.6 and 1.9.1 (both mingw under windows). My code requires windows-api, which requires win32-api. It works under 1.8. Under 1.9, I get : F:/Ruby19/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/windows-api-0.4.0/lib/windows/api.rb:1:in `require': no such file to load -- win32-api (LoadError) from F:/Ruby19/li... 18 Dec 2009 13:52

Suggestion of Array#=== which improves case/when behavio
"Set" class has meaning close to "Range" class. If we will define Set#=== as class Set def ===( arg ) self.any?{|template| template === arg } end end we will be able to write case/when code in haskell-like pattern-matching style. here is an example of simple s-expression evaluator from my page: ... 20 Dec 2009 22:21

how to alias keywords?
It's easy to alias method names. Is there a way I can alias keywords like if or end? I want to localize Ruby code to another human language for learning/educational purposes. Any way I can get ruby or to understand new synonyms for keywords? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... 17 Dec 2009 23:40

Trouble running sample script with Shoooes
I just downloaded Shoes and put the files in a directory on my windows XP box. When I run the sample scripts, I always get the error: uninitialized constant Shoes (NameError) I tried adding the directory to my Windows path but that didn't help. I looked everywhere and can't find any detailed installation i... 17 Dec 2009 12:36