From: John Maclean <info@...>
Date: 2006-01-03T23:51:15+09:00
Subject: More on the fundamentals...

Please have a look at the comments below to see that I'm understanding things correctly;

#!/usr/bin/ruby
#Tue Jan  3 14:04:28 GMT 2006
class Greeter
        # a new class cllaed Greeter
        def initialize(name) 
                # creating a new method called name
                @name = name 
                # we define a new @instance variable called name
        end
        def say(phrase)
                # creating a new method called phrase...
                puts "#{phrase}, #{@name}"
                # ... which uses doube quotes to substitute
        end
end

# say hello 
g1 = Greeter.new("jayeola")
g2 = Greeter.new("buddy")
g3 = Greeter.new("vimmer")
g4 = Greeter.new("slammer")
# we have just created four new  (object) instances belonging to the class
# Greeter. They can now use the instance variables that have been created
# above
g1.say("Hello")
g2.say("Wotcha")
g3.say("Ire!")
g4.say("Elake")

-- 
John Maclean
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