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Ruby Ruby Objects and Classes Variables and Methods Variables and Methods

I don't get what they want me to do.

It seems hard

class.rb
class Name
  def first_name
    "Metal"
  end

  def last_name
    "Robot"
  end
end

2 Answers

Ethan Rivas
Ethan Rivas
9,979 Points

Hi Alestaire Caines! Ok, I'm not a master but I can help you.

The challenge say: In the initialize method of the Name class, set an instance variable called @title to the title argument.

Note: you will have to write the initialize method.

First of all you have the Name class:

class Name
  def first_name
    "Metal"
  end

  def last_name
    "Robot"
  end
end
  • 1) You have to define the method initialize:
def initialize #Initialize method.
end
  • 2) Set an instance variable called @title to the title argument
def initialize(title) #That's the initialize method with the title argument.
    @title = title #This is the instance varible to the title argument.
end

After that (here comes the second part)

  • 3) Below the Name class, instantiate a new Name instance set to the variable name with any title you choose.
name = Name.new("Mr.")

After that (here comes the third part).

  • 4) Inside the Name class, create a method called title that returns the @title variable.
def title
    @title
end

And the last part.

  • 5) Call the title method on the name instance.
name.title

This are all the parts for the challenge, I you now understand it and if you need more help I'm here :p.

Benjamin Miller
Benjamin Miller
4,344 Points

where do I put the name.title in the code?

Eva Pradhan
Eva Pradhan
6,907 Points

Thanks lot it was very useful. have a great day!