SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::createObject

require 'rubygems'
require 'softlayer_api'


$SL_API_USERNAME = ""         # enter your username here
$SL_API_KEY = ""

virtual_guest_service = SoftLayer::Service.new("SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest")
begin
  templateObject = {
    'complexType' => "SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest",
    'hostname' => 'test1',
    'domain' => 'example.com',
    'startCpus' => 1,
    'maxMemory' => 1024,
    'hourlyBillingFlag' => true,
    'operatingSystemReferenceCode' => 'UBUNTU_LATEST',
    'localDiskFlag' => false
  }
  
  result virtual_guest_service.createObject(templateObject);
  puts result.inspect
rescue => e
  $stdout.print(e.inspect)
end

result virtual_guest_service.createObject(templateObject);

should be

result = virtual_guest_service.createObject(templateObject);