Robert Klemme
9/30/2006 8:44:00 AM
ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Eric Gross wrote:
>
>> If you have a long method call like:
>>
>>
>> some.long.method.call
>>
>> how can i make it
>>
>> some.long (next line)
>> .method.call
You just need to place the dot in the first line:
some.long.
method.call
Or you have to escape the line ending
some.long..method.call
> harp:~ > cat a.rb
> p Time> now
>
> harp:~ > ruby a.rb
> Fri Sep 29 20:59:45 MDT 2006
How did you get that to work? I think you're missing a point here. :-)
$ ruby <<XXX
> puts Time > now
> XXX
-:1: uninitialized constant Timenow (NameError)
But these work
$ ruby <<XXX
> puts Time.
> now
> XXX
Sat Sep 30 10:42:14 GMT+1:00 2006
$ ruby <<XXX
> puts Time > .now
> XXX
Sat Sep 30 10:43:18 GMT+1:00 2006
Kind regards
robert