Ruby Uninitialized Constant NameError for Class Name

Question

I want to inherit a sub-class from a parent-class.
Here is my code. 3 classes are created in 3 separate files.

class Transportation
  # codes
end

class Plane < Transportation
  # codes
end

class Boat < Transportation
  # codes
end

And when I was running this code, I got the error for Boat, but no issue for Plane when I only have Plane created:

uninitialized constant Transportation (NameError)

I've tried to create a really simple class, and the same error, so it's nothing to do with the code. thanks — Victor Xiong
– Victor Xiong, Commented May 14, 2013 at 23:34
Still show your code. You won't know what you aren't seeing, as you are asking for help, but we might be able to spot it immediately. (Such as identifying that you have separate files, though you did not directly indicate this.) — vgoff
– vgoff, Commented May 14, 2013 at 23:38

vgoff · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-28 17:50:09Z

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There is no reason for this code to fail, unless the definition of Transportation is in another file.

If that is the case, and these are in different files, don't forget to require the file with the Transportation class before the other file with the usage in it.

As you mentioned, there are three different files.

You can create a file that has the required libraries. Perhaps it is in your bin/transport_simulator.rb file.

require 'transportation'
require 'boat'
require 'plane'

Now they will be required in the proper order, and the files with the classes that subclass Transportation will know about that class.

edited Jan 28, 2018 at 17:50

answered May 13, 2013 at 2:23

vgoff

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6 Comments

Victor Xiong Over a year ago

yea, u r right, the codes work after I required the Transportation, but do u know why I don't need to do this when I only have Plane created and inherit from Transportation? Thank you.

vgoff Over a year ago

Are Transportation and Plane in the same file?

vgoff Over a year ago

Well, this would be a good argument for showing that in the problem description. :) In each file, you can require the Transportation, you will have to otherwise guarantee the load/require order of these files. I will update my answer.

theIV Over a year ago

@LingchenXiong if this answered the question, you should mark it as the accepted answer. :)

shaunlim Over a year ago

It's my first day writing Ruby today, and I came across the same error. My problem was that my class file was in lower case, where Ruby expects it to start with upper case.

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