From: roob noob Date: 2012-05-18T04:18:22+09:00 Subject: Re: what is going wrong here? The case of the noob not understanding initialize sorry for post spam, but would this be the appropriate way to do it? I still prefer the @ way, but I want to do things right. class AddNumbersAndLetters def add_numbers(input) input += "123" add_letters(input) end def add_letters(input) input += "abc" end end add_stuff = AddNumbersAndLetters.new input = gets.chop input = add_stuff.add_numbers(input) input = add_stuff.add_letters(input) input = add_stuff.add_letters(input) input = add_stuff.add_numbers(input) input = add_stuff.add_letters(input) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.