Ruby accessing outer variables in nested function

Question

I\'m sure there\'s a simple answer for this; I just can\'t seem to find it. I made a nested function in Ruby, and I was having trouble accessing variables from the outer fun

Answer 1

As far as I know, defining a named function within a function does not give you access to any local variables.

What you can do instead is use a Proc:

def foo(x)
  bar = lambda do
    puts x
  end
  bar.call
  42
end

foo(5)