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In this video, we'll dive deeper in to Classes and how they work. We'll learn about the differences between classes and instances, as well as the process of creating new objects.
Code Samples
Initialize a new string:
String.new
Initialize a new string with an argument:
String.new("Jason")
Initialize a new array:
Array.new
Creating your own initialize method:
class MyClass
def initialize
puts "This is the initialize method."
end
end
MyClass.new
This will print out the following:
This is the initialize method.
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