From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-03-16T16:00:22-06:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:01928] Re: Class Variables

"David Douthitt" <DDouthitt@cuna.com> writes:

> How do I do the equivalent of something like this....
> 
> Class Foo
>     setting1 = 2;
>     setting2 = 5;
> 
>     def ....
>     def ...
> end
> 
> fooey = Foo.new;
> print fooey.setting1
>     2
> print fooey.setting2
>     5
> print fooey.setting2 + fooey.setting1
>     7

Using class constants:

 class Foo
   SETTING1 = 2;
   SETTING2 = 5;
 end

 p Foo::SETTING1
 p Foo::SETTING2 + Foo::SETTING2


Regards


Dave