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Ruby Ruby Objects and Classes Variables and Methods Variables and Methods

drizzy drake
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drizzy drake
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Posted by drizzy drake
drizzy drake
Courses Plus Student 2,469 Points

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

I don't really understand what i need to do i'm very new to ruby

class.rb 
class Name

  def name(name)
    @name = name
  end

  def first_name
    "Metal"
  end

  def last_name
    "Robot"
  end
  def initialize (title)
    @title = title
  end

end

6 Answers

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
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Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

You have to go outside the class (under the end keyword) and create a new variable called name which will contain the new instance of Name class object. You can pass anything you want as title in the parentheses. Watch minute 3:00 of the video closely. There, Jason is completing the line you need to pass the exercise :)

Lorraine Hutter
Lorraine Hutter
4,415 Points

So, in my case, I got it to work by going to the bottom of the existing code and putting:

name = Name.new("Ms.")

(But this one really drove me bonkers for some reason. I kept updating the existing code rather than going outside of it.)

Kenny Moreno
Kenny Moreno
3,406 Points
Kenny Moreno
Kenny Moreno
3,406 Points

TreeHouse questions are very confusing they ask you things backward

MUZ140166 Fungai Zarura
MUZ140166 Fungai Zarura
11,539 Points
MUZ140166 Fungai Zarura
MUZ140166 Fungai Zarura
11,539 Points

You should write it this way class Name

def first_name "Metal" end

def last_name "Robot" end def initialize (title) @title = title end

end name = Name.new("Mrs.")

Heather Stone
Heather Stone
5,784 Points

I guess I don't really understand the question... can anyone re-word it for me? I just tried your code and obviously it works, but I'm not sure why or what I'm trying to do.

Annie Scott
Annie Scott
27,613 Points
Annie Scott
Annie Scott
27,613 Points

class Name def initialize(title) @title = title end

def last_name "Robot" end end

name = Name.new("Mrs.")

Roxana Guinea
Roxana Guinea
5,675 Points
Roxana Guinea
Roxana Guinea
5,675 Points

class Name def first_name "First" end

def last_name "Last" end end

name = Name.new puts name.first_name puts name.last_name

Justin Laos
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Justin Laos
Courses Plus Student 4,021 Points
Justin Laos
Justin Laos
Courses Plus Student 4,021 Points

At the bottom put:

name = Name.new("Mr")

make sure to put a string in the perams, I first put (Mr) not ("Mr")