Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

Ruby Build an Address Book in Ruby Class Design Initializing and Calling Methods

Ray Edison Refundo
Ray Edison Refundo
3,798 Points

Initialize a variable called address which will be a new instance of the Address class?

I am totally stumped on this question If someone knows the answer and can explain I would be very appreciative.

address.rb
class Address
  attr_accessor :kind, :street_1, :street_2, :city, :state, :postal_code

  address = Address.new

  def address(kind, street_1, street_2, city, state, postal_code)
    @kind = kind or ''
    @street_1 = street_1 or ''
    @street_2 = street_2 or ''
    @city = city or ''
    @state = state  or ''
    @postal_code = postal_code or ''
  end

  def to_s(format = 'short')
    address = ''
    case format
    when 'long'
      address += street_1 + "\n"
      address += street_2 + "\n" if !street_2.nil?
      address += "#{city}, #{state} #{postal_code}"
    when 'short'
      address += "#{kind}: "
      address += street_1
      if street_2
        address += " " + street_2
      end
      address += ", #{city}, #{state}, #{postal_code}"
    end
    address
  end
end

2 Answers

Sage Elliott
Sage Elliott
30,003 Points

Hey ray! Sometimes it can be confusing when reading the question, but what it's asking for is creating a new variable called "address" and passing in a argument to create a new address!

Try something like this

#Code that's already in challenge.
address = Address.new('My_Home', '123 home St.', 'home Rd.', 'Seattle', 'WA', '12345')

Make sure you understand whats happening there and don't just copy/paste and move on :)

Ray Edison Refundo
Ray Edison Refundo
3,798 Points

Ah, fixed up my answer. Thanks a lot! I got a really confused by the wording of the question. I didn't realize I had to add a complete address.

Sage Elliott
Sage Elliott
30,003 Points

It happens to me all the time!