This may be something Jason goes over in a later video, but why don't we create an initialize method to assign variables to the Contact object when we create it? Something along the lines of this: ```ruby def initialize( first, middle, last) @firstname = first @middlename = middle @last_name = last end ``` Then when we create an instance of the object: ```ruby nick = Contact.new( "Nick", "A", "Pettit") ```

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Posted June 17, 2015 5:38pm by

Initialize Method on the Contact Class?

This may be something Jason goes over in a later video, but why don't we create an initialize method to assign variables to the Contact object when we create it?

Something along the lines of this:

def initialize( first, middle, last)
  @first_name = first
  @middle_name = middle
  @last_name = last
end

Then when we create an instance of the object:

nick = Contact.new( "Nick", "A", "Pettit")

January 12, 2016 3:53pm

Hey Michael, Did you end up getting an answer for that question somehow? I am wondering the same thing... Thanks

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February 19, 2017 3:12pm

if you haven't already figured it out. The initialize method is optional but it is useful when you are going over a program and it is easier to give values to the variables.

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