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Ruby Ruby Objects and Classes Variables and Methods Variables and Methods

Posted by Jonathan Lepselter
Jonathan Lepselter
1,864 Points

Issues instantiating a new class with an argument

Im having trouble instantiating a new class. Ive set up my initialize method with an argument but after my class when I try to instantiate the class and send in my argument I keep getting an error message. Any ideas were Im going wrong? Thanks.

class.rb 
class Name
  def initialize(title)
    @title=title
  end

  def title
    @title
  end


  def first_name
    "Metal"
  end

  def last_name
    "Robot"
  end
end

name=Name.new(Mr.)

1 Answer

Michael Wiss
Michael Wiss
19,233 Points
Michael Wiss
Michael Wiss
19,233 Points

Did you try Mr. in quotes?

Jonathan Lepselter
Jonathan Lepselter
1,864 Points

Thanks Michael, that solved it. I completely overlooked that.