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  String username = "username_here";
  String password = "password_here";
  String posterous_url = "url_string_here";
  String read_data = "";
  
  void setup() {
      try { 
        URLAuthReader.authenticated_http_request(posterous_url, username, password); 
        read_data = URLAuthReader.read_http_request(); 
        println(read_data);

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// this pattern returns a match that starts with "display_date":" and features a date and time.
// It also returns two submatches one featuring the date while the other features the time 
String[][] date_time_string = PApplet.matchAll(currentPage, "\"display_date\":\"([\\d][\\d][\\d][\\d][/][\\d][\\d][/][\\d][\\d])[ ]([\\d][\\d][:][\\d][\\d][:][\\d][\\d])");

// this pattern returns a match that starts with "body_html":" and features copy through the next 
// instance of a quotation mark. It also returns four submatches that feature copy between the 
// identifiers activity and location, location and people, people and description, description and the 
// final quotation mark
String[][] message_bodies = PApplet.matchAll(currentPage, "\"body_html\":\".*?[Aa]ctivity:(.*?)[Ll]ocation:(.*?)[Pp]eople:(.*?)[Dd]escription:(.*?)(?=\")");

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// save pin numbers to variables
int sensorPin = A0;
int ledPin1 = 2;
int ledPin2 = 3;
int ledPin3 = 4;
int ledPin4 = 5;

void setup() {
    // define which pins are used for input and output
    pinMode(sensorPin, INPUT);

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my_object = Object.new

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class MyClass
    def initialize(x)
        code to initialize stuff goes here
    end
end

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class MyClass				#class scope
    x = “class_scope”			#class scope
    def my_method_1			#class scope
        x = 0				#my_method_1 scope
        (0..5).each do |n|		#my_method_1 scope
            x += x			#my_method_1 scope
        end				#class scope
    end					#class scope
    def my_method_2			#class scope
        x = 0				#my_method_2 scope

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class MyClass				# class instance
    def self.class_method		# class instance
    end					# class instance
    def self.class_method_2		# class instance
    end					# class instance
    def instance_method			# object instance
    end					# object instance
    def instance_method_2		# object instance
    end					# object instance
end					# class instance

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class MyClass					
    @@class_variable				#class-hierarchy variable
    @class_instance_variable			#class instance variable
    attr_accessor :object_instance_variable	#object instance attribute 
						#__variable with getter & setter

    def self.class_method
	local_method_variable			#local method variable
        @class_instance_variable		#class instance variable
        @@class_variable			#class-hierarchy variable

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attr_reader : var_with_getter
attr_writer : var_with_setter
attr_accessor : var_with_setter_and_getter

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#VARIABLE	DESCRIPTION		NAMESPACE                             
#var 		local variable		scope-based
#$var 		global variable		accessible anywhere
#@var 		instance variable	self-based
#@@var 		class variable		class hierarchy-based
#Const 		constant 		accessible anywhere with proper syntax