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Ruby Ruby Foundations Methods Class Methods

Tatiana Perry
Tatiana Perry
17,156 Points
Posted by Tatiana Perry
Tatiana Perry
17,156 Points

confused about the self.find

    def self.find_for(first_name,last_name)
        @accounts.find{|account| account.full_name == "#{first_name} #{last_name}"}
    end

This is confusing since I don't understand the account.full_name part. Is account being used as a method? How is that with out it being defined first

1 Answer

Artem Prytkov
Artem Prytkov
11,932 Points
Artem Prytkov
Artem Prytkov
11,932 Points

Your account class has a method full_name, which returns first and last name as a string. Self.find_for looks for an array of accounts for one where account first and last name matches fnction arguments.