From: aidy Date: 2007-11-17T02:45:04+09:00 Subject: accessing instance variables from an inherited class Hi, The below code accesses the value of an instance variable class Object_References attr_reader :obj_1, :obj_2 def initialize @obj_1 = "Object_1" @obj_2 = "Object_2" end end ref = Object_References.new puts ref.obj_1 puts ref.obj_2 But how can I access the same value in a subclass? class Whatever < Object_References #how can I access the above objects variables here end Thanks Aidy