Why is the name of your variable starting with '$'?

Names starting with '$' are reserved for environment variables. I'm
not sure about '$x' but you better follow ruby and rails guidelines
for naming variables or you may be asking for trouble.

On Mar 28, 4:10 pm, Felix Schäfer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 28.03.2010 um 10:38 schrieb kevid:
>
> > please i have an array in my rails application (for example; $x = [23,
> > how, this,56, you, nice])
>
> > I want to store it in a mysql database as a SINGLE RECORD  with a
> > name .
>
> > thus  i can get each array with its name and still be able to access
> > the array like an array
>
> > i.e $x[0]   # => 23
> >    $x[1]   # => how
>

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