From: Vincent Foley <gnuvince@...>
Date: 2001-11-06T03:24:52+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:24412] Re: Help with OO

> class MyString < String
>   def intitialize(s)
>     super(s)
>   end
> 
>   def l33t
>     self.tr!('eE', '3')
>     self.tr!('aA', '4')
>     self.tr!('lL', '1')
>     self.tr!('oO', '0')
>     self.tr!('tT', '7')
>     self.tr!('sS', '$5')
>     self
>   end
> end
> 
> 
> print "Enter string to translate: "
> x =MyString.new(STDIN.gets.chomp!)
> puts x.l33t

What's the use or the initialize thing? And does 'class MyString <
String' mean that MyString will be a "sub-class" of String?

Vincent

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