NameError: undefined local variable or method `testapp' for main:Object

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Hi,

   I am new to Ruby on Rails. Recently, I downloaded and installed the InstantRails in the D:\ drive of my system. Now I wanted to try some small examples in 'irb', so I created a file "testapp.rb" and in that pasted a code like this:

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You are mixing things up a bit. ruby testapp.rb is what you'd enter at the command prompt to run a ruby script. irb on the other hand is a ruby console, that evaluates ruby code.

Fred

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Hi Fred,

   Thanks for clarification. You're right, I had mixed up things there.

Thanks, Maddy

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ruby class names are Upper case by definition, use:

class Sampleclass   or class SampleClass