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victor manda
Courses Plus Student 2,479 PointsNot sure I understand the question and what its asking me to do
??
class Name
def initialize(name)
@name = name
end
def initialize(title)
@title = title
end
def first_name
"Metal"
end
def last_name
"Robot"
end
end
2 Answers
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Kyle Southerland
UX Design Techdegree Student 11,117 PointsRemove the initialize method where you are setting @name and then add the following after the Name class.
name = Name.new
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Kyle Southerland
UX Design Techdegree Student 11,117 PointsBased on walking through the challenge I'm guessing you either misread or confused initializing with instantiating a new Name object. It's asking you to instantiate a new Name instance as opposed to creating an initialize method for name.
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victor manda
Courses Plus Student 2,479 PointsI still don't understand what it's asking me to do