Confused about NoMethodError in Ruby
- by E L
In a simple Ruby example, I'm getting an error that does not occur in irb.
name = "Joe"
def say_hi
"\"Hi there!\" said #{self}"
end
response = name.say_hi
puts response
This code should return, "Hi there!" said Joe.
It works perfectly fine in irb. However, when I attempt to put the same code in a file and run the file, I get this error:
say_hi.rb:8:in `<main>': private method `say_hi' called for "Joe":String (NoMethodError)
Any suggestion about why this happens?
