How to reference an array from one ruby script to another

Question

Can we reference an array from one ruby script to another and access array elements?

for example : my first rb file

1.rb

$joe = "one"
$po = "two"
$so  = "three"
names = [ $joe, $po, $so ]

second rb file

2.rb

require "1"
$trial = names[1]
puts $trial

But this didn't work.

Answer 1

You can do it like this ( Ruby 1.9 ):

1.rb:

module Whatever
    @names = ["one","two","three"]

    def self.names
        @names
    end
end

2.rb:

require_relative "1"

Whatever.names.each {|n| puts n}