On Jul 27, 2007, at 14:15 , tim.j.stewart / gmail.com wrote:

> Here is a session I had with irb:
>
> [200]~% irb
> irb(main):001:0> require 'digest/sha1'
> => true
> irb(main):002:0> Digest::Sha1.new.hexdigest('fdjslk')

Spelling (capitalization) and calling error? I don't think you [need| 
should use] new.

$ ruby --version
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [powerpc-darwin8.9.0]
$ irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'digest/sha1'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> Digest::SHA1.hexdigest('fdjslk')
=> "df3d3f2922e369f348a90a5f65aef87f80e03fa7"

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net