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Ruby Ruby Objects and Classes Variables and Methods Instance Variables and Local Variables

Caleb Kleveter
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Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
Posted by Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

Instance Variables and Local Variables

What's with the stars around 'instance variables' in this quiz?

2 Answers

Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

Hi Caleb,

I don't know why there are some stars around the variables names. I think, double stars should automatically put BOLD styles via markdown

However, we learn the instance variables always comes with the @ symbol. For example: @item_name

IF your variable doesn't comes with the same @ symbol, it is considered to be a local variable. For example: item_name