From: Matthias Borgeson <hibridmatthais@...>
Date: 2007-12-14T06:30:07+09:00
Subject: Newbie Question: What is a class for?

Hello all-

I am a newbie to Ruby and have just recently gotten the hang of using 
methods to hop in and out of the main body of my programs and am moving 
to my next concept.

I am now trying to grasp what a class isand what is is for. I understand 
that there a bunch of different classes, but how does that help me?

While I think of methods as little tools I can create to do things 
whenever I want in the main program, I have no idea how a class used? I 
have the Pickaxe and Chris Pine's book, but whle describing classes, 
neither text really helps me understand what a class is and how it 
functions in a ruby program.

I looked through my C++ book to understand methods and how they are 
anologous to functions, but now I am just confused on the concept.

Any help or a point in the right direction would be appreciated

Thanks in advance

mfb