gistfile1.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'sinatra'

data = "none"

before do
    content_type 'text/plain', :charset => 'utf-8'
    request.env['PATH_INFO'].gsub!(/\/$/,'')
end

get '/' do
    "Hello World"
end

notfound do
    "Huh? Where was that again? Hmm, let me look around and get back to you."
end

# This will show the contents of the variable 'data' from above
get '/show' do
    "data is set to '#{data}'\n"
end

# This sets the contents of the variable 'data' to "one", use /show to display it.
get '/one' do
    data = "one"
    "data is set to '#{data}'\n"
end

# This sets the contents of the variable 'data' to "two", use /show to display it.
get '/two' do
    data = "two"
    "data is set to '#{data}'\n"
end

# This sets the contents of the variable 'data' to "three", use /show to display it.
get '/three' do
    data = "three"
    "data is set to '#{data}'\n"
end

# This... breaks... it sets the variable 'data' and even displays the correct
# message, however it appears to be working with a private instance of 'data'
# and will not affect the value of 'data' from above, nor show up with /show
# 
get '/dynamic/:word' do
    data = params[:word]
    "data is set to '#{data}'\n"
end

# However this works as intended with /setword?word=monkeys
get '/setword' do
    data = params[:word]
    "data is set to '#{data}'\n"
end