From: Robert Gleeson <rob@...>
Date: 2009-12-12T19:19:53+09:00
Subject: Re: a question on method name

Ruby Newbee wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> This works fine for me:
> 
> class Horse
> 
>       def name
>               @name
>       end
> 
>         def nameset(v1,v2)
>                 @name = v1 + v2.to_s
>         end
> 
> end
> 
> xx=Horse.new
> xx.nameset("hello ",1)
> p xx.name
> 
> 
> But if I changed the method name, it won't work.
> 
> class Horse
> 
>       def name
>               @name
>       end
> 
>         def name=(v1,v2)
>                 @name = v1 + v2.to_s
>         end
> 
> end
> 
> xx=Horse.new
> xx.name=("hello ",1)
> p xx.name
> 
> 
> the error says:
> 
> syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting ')'
> xx.name=("hello ",1)
>                   ^
> 
> Please help, thanks in advance.

Hi,

class Foo

  def bar
    @bar
  end

  def bar= *args
    @bar = args.join
  end

end


x = Foo.new.bar= 1,2,3 # => [1,2,3]
x.bar # => "123"

- Rob

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