On Jun 7, 11:30=A0pm, jzakiya <jzak... / mail.com> wrote: > I have this code to do timing tests: > > def tm(code); s=3DTime.now; eval code; Time.now-s end > > I use it like this: > > tm 'some code' > > I have this function that can take two inputs. > When I =A0run it with just one input like this: > > tm 'Pn(130)' > > I can time it with no problems. > > When I use a second input like this, > > tm 'Pn(130, mcps)' > > running in irb (1.8.6 and 1.9.0-1) it returns an > unknown method or variable message for the > second input. > > Is this a bug, or expected behavior? > Can =A0I work around this? > > Thanks in advance. I don't believe that is a bug. At the time that 'eval' is running the code, the variable 'mcps' is out of scope (assuming it is a variable). You may need to look into bindings: http://onestepback.org/index.cgi/Tech/Ruby/RubyBindings.rdoc. Let me know if I'm way off base. I do hope that helps. -- MilesZS