Wow, you guys are fast! Thanks. I'll have this cracked in no time. What API Referenece would you recommend? The one-click installation comes with the "programming" book. --- "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000 / hypermetrics.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ged Byrne" <gedb01 / yahoo.co.uk> > To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk / ruby-lang.org> > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 9:53 AM > Subject: Help with IO Code > > > > I'm working through "Programming Ruby - The > Pragmatic > > Programmer's Guide" and all has been joy and > pleasure. > > Now, however, I'm in difficulty. > > > > From the IO chapter I'm running the following > example: > > > > require 'net/http' > > > > h = Net::HTTP.new('www.pragmaticprogrammer.com', > 80) > > resp, data = h.get('/index.html', nil) > > puts resp.message #I added this > > puts data #And this > > if resp.message == "OK" > > #Spam assasin didn't like the Img tag in the re. > > data.scan(/###/) { |x| puts x } > > end > > > > > > The result I'm getting is: > > > > OK > > nil > > listimgs.rb:8: private method `scan' called for > nil > > (NoMethodError) > > That's an issue with the net/http code changing... > but I thought it had been resolved and a > "compatibility" > fix had been added. > > Suggest you search ruby-talk.org for messages in the > last 2-3 months about net/http -- if you can't find > the relevant ones, I'll assist. > > Hal > > ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/