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Ruby Ruby Objects and Classes Variables and Methods Variables and Methods

Jason Chow
Jason Chow
4,428 Points
Posted by Jason Chow
Jason Chow
4,428 Points

Ruby Objects and Classes

Below the Name class, instantiate a new Name instance set to the variable name with any title you choose.

class Name

name = Name.new

def initialize(title) @title = title end

def first_name "Metal" end

def last_name "Robot" end end

What title do i have to choose?

class.rb 
class Name

  def initialize(title)
    @title = title
  end

  def first_name
    "Metal"
  end

  def last_name
    "Robot"
  end
end

1 Answer

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Hi Jason,

When you instantiate a new class object, you instantiate it outside of your class. e.g.

class Name

  def initialize(title)
    @title = title
  end

  def first_name
    "Metal"
  end

  def last_name
    "Robot"
  end
end

name = Name.new(name) #Name.new takes an argument for the initialize method.