Difference between "require VS include"

[Palani Kumar]

Hi,
Can any one please tell me the difference between require statement
and include statement in Rails application...please
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[Palani Kumar]

Frederick Cheung wrote:

> On 15 Sep 2008, at 14:58, Palani Kumar wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>> Can any one please tell me the difference between require statement
>> and include statement in Rails application...please
>

> They're basically completely different. require means 'go and load
> this file'. include means 'include this module in the current module/
> class/whatever'. For example in the context of a class this will add
> the constants and methods from the module to the class in question.
>
> Fred

Thank you so much Fred Thanks