'Require' method won't work - help?

I'm just starting to learn Ruby, and I've been following Why's (poignant) guide. At one point, I create a file titled 'wordlist.rb', within which is the following code:

code_words = {
  'starmonkeys' => 'Phil and Pete, those prickly chancellors of the New Reich', 
  'catapult' => 'chucky go-go', 'firebomb' => 'Heat-Assisted Living', 
  'Nigeria' => "Ny and Jerry's Dry Cleaning (with Donuts)",
  'Put the kabosh on' => 'Put the cable box on'
}

Another script calls the 'require' method on the wordlist file....

require 'wordlist'

 # Get evil idea and swap in code words
   print "Enter your new idea: " 
   idea = gets
   code_words.each do |real, code| 
     idea.gsub!( real, code )
   end

 # Save the jibberish to a new file
   print "File encoded.  Please enter a name for this idea: " 
   idea_name = gets.strip
   File::open( "idea-" + idea_name + ".txt", "w" ) do |f|
     f << idea
   end

N开发者_Python百科ow, for whatever reason, I get this error when I try to run the script above:

test.rb:5: undefined local variable or method `code_words' for main:Object (NameError)

It's definitely finding and loading the wordlist.rb file (the method is returning true), but I can't seem to access the code_words Hash. Any idea what could be causing this?

code_words is a local variable inside wordlist.rb.

What you can do:

• define a gloibal variable ( $wordlist)
• define a constant (WORDLIST)
• define another container, e.g. a class which provides the data