From: Michael Morin <uzimonkey@...>
Date: 2008-08-30T23:28:40+09:00
Subject: Re: array#push

Ron Green wrote:
> Given the foloowing code:
> class Person
>   attr_accessor :first_name, :middle_name, :last_name
>   def whole_name
>     n = first_name + " "
>     n << "#{middle_name} " if middle_name
>     n << last_name
>     return n.size
>   end
> end
> 
> m = Person.new
> m.first_name = "Sam"
> m.middle_name = "Ray"
> m.last_name = "Smith"
> 
> x = m.whole_name
> 
> puts x
> 
> 
> Why is x =13 instead of 3?
> 

Why not this?

def full_name
   [@first_name, @middle_name, @last_name].compact.join(' ')
end

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