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Ruby Build an Address Book in Ruby Class Design Write a to_s Method

alexx1000
alexx1000
16,187 Points
Posted by alexx1000
alexx1000
16,187 Points

Can somebody help me? It's supposed to print kind: " " + number but I'm confused, any help would be appreciated!

Create a to_s method on the PhoneNumber class that displays the kind variable, followed by a colon (:), followed by a space, and then the number variable. Does anybody know what to do here? I've been watching the video several times but still don't understand what to do? Thank you so much for your help! :)

phone_number.rb 
class PhoneNumber
  attr_reader :kind, :number

  def initialize(kind, number)
    @kind = kind
    @number = number
  end

  def to_s(format = kind, number)
       puts "#{kind} + ":" + #{number}"
    end
end

1 Answer

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,139 Points

Hi Alejandra!

This passes:

class PhoneNumber
  attr_reader :kind, :number

  def initialize(kind, number)
    @kind = kind
    @number = number
  end

  def to_s
    "#{@kind}: #{@number}"
  end
end

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!

alexx1000
alexx1000
16,187 Points
alexx1000
alexx1000
16,187 Points

It worked!! Thank you so much, for your help!! You too, Stay safe and happy coding! :)