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Ruby Ruby Objects and Classes Variables and Methods The to_s Method

Posted by James Mlambo
James Mlambo
6,425 Points

where am I going wrong here

Create a to_s method for Name that returns the first_name and last_name separated by a space.

2 Answers

Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

Hi James,

Here's to_s method solution. 

  def to_s
    "#{first_name} #{last_name}" 
  end

Hope that helps.

James Mlambo
James Mlambo
6,425 Points

thank you Salman

Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

Great. Just note that we encourage you to select best answer option to let other members know solutions available to the question. :)

Tiru Otilia
Tiru Otilia
2,274 Points
Tiru Otilia
Tiru Otilia
2,274 Points 
class Name
  attr_reader :first_name, :last_name

  def initialize(first_name, last_name)
    @first_name = first_name
    @last_name = last_name
  end

  def full_name
    first_name + ' ' + last_name
  end
def to_s
  full_name
end
end