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Ruby

Posted by Lyric Abbott
Lyric Abbott
35,595 Points

help

Instantiate a new instance of the Array class and assign the newly instantiated instance to the variable array.

my code:

string = String.new("a random string")

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/ruby-objects-and-classes/ruby-objects-and-classes/instantiation-2

4 Answers

ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points
ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points

part 1 answer is

string = String.new
string= String.new
ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points
ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points

Part 2 answer is

string = String.new
array=Array.new
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

you can instantiate an array similar to the way you instantiated a string. use the new method of the Array class. it takes an argument that is the size of the array or you can leave it out:

array = Array.new(3);
array2 = Array.new
Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points
Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points 
array=Array.new