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Michael Kristensen
Michael Kristensen
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Posted by Michael Kristensen
Michael Kristensen
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Error when passing 4 parameters to the Name initialize method

Seeing the video I noticed the need for four parameters in the creation of the class, but when I send the parameters, I get an error:

name.rb:23: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
name = Name.new ("Mr.", "James", "Earl", "Jones")
                      ^
name.rb:23: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting end-of-input
...ame = Name.new ("Mr.", "James", "Earl", "Jones")

Which confuses me, a lot - Does it have something to do with the quotations around the strings I'm sending, or am I using the wrong kind of comma? I can't figure it out on my own.

class Name
  def initialize(title, first_name, middle_name, last_name)
    @title = title
    @first_name = first_name
    @middle_name = middle_name
    @last_name = last_name
  end
  def title
    @title
  end
  def first_name
    @first_name
  end
  def middle_name
    @middle_name
  end
  def last_name
    @last_name
  end
end

name = Name.new ("Mr.", "James", "Earl", "Jones")
puts name.title + " " +
     name.first_name + " " +
     name.middle_name + " " +
     name.last_name
Michael Kristensen
Michael Kristensen
5,608 Points
Michael Kristensen
Michael Kristensen
5,608 Points

Solution Found: The space between Name.New and the parentheses containing the four parameters should not be there. The correct line is;

name = Name.new("Mr.", "James", "Earl", "Jones")

And now the code passes without error.