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Ruby

Alphonse Cuccurullo
Alphonse Cuccurullo
2,513 Points
Posted by Alphonse Cuccurullo
Alphonse Cuccurullo
2,513 Points

undefined method?

class Message @@messages_sent = 0 def initialize(from, to) @from = from @to = to @@messages_sent += 1

end

def description
    case @from
    when "Alphonse","alphonse" then puts "Thank you for caring clauds"
else
    puts "idk"
end

end end

class Email < Message def initialize(subject) @subject = subject end end

my_message = Message.new("Alphonse","clauds") my_message.desciption

Its saying that the description method is undefined. I tested this out in on my note pad and code academy an it says the same thing.

1 Answer

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points

Alphonse,

You're getting that error because your call to description is missing an 'r'; however even after that you will encounter errors. Below is working code.

class Message @@messages_sent = 0 
    def initialize(from, to) 
        @from = from 
        @to = to 
        @@messages_sent += 1

    end

    def description
        case @from.downcase
        when "Alphonse"
            puts "Thank you for caring clauds"
        else
            puts "idk"
        end
    end 
end

class Email < Message 
    def initialize(subject) 
        @subject = subject 
    end 
end

my_message = Message.new("Alphonse","clauds") 
puts my_message.description

Best,

Clayton