In ruby how to use class level local variable? (a ruby newbie's question)

Question

So suppose I have this (not working):

class User
   description = \"I am User class variable\"
   def print
       puts description
   end
end

Answer 1

You can access the class-scope using define_method.

class User
   description = "I am User class variable"
   define_method :print do
       puts description
   end
end

> User.new.print
I am User class variable
=> nil

I don't think it's good idea, though :)