From: John Cusick <jcusickc@...>
Date: 2000-12-27T22:10:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:8108] Re: Another Nuby question

In article <C6e26.108366$P82.12352697@news1.rdc1.ct.home.com>, "John
Cusick" <jcusickc@home.com> wrote:

> 
> class Song
>   attr_reader :name, :artist:, :duration
> end
> 
> aSong = Song.new("Bicylops", "Fleck", 260)
> 
> results were:
> 
> irb(main):004:0> aSong = Song.new("Bicylops", "Fleck", 260)
> ArgumentError: wrong # of arguments(3 for 0)
> (irb):4:in `initialize'
> (irb):4:in `new'
> (irb):4:in `irb_binding'
> irb(main):005:0> 
> 
> so what key piece of information did I miss in order to make this work?

Thanks for the replies.

I had also added:

...
def initialize(name, artist, duration)
end
...

in the proper area when I saw the error, but never added
@name = name
etc...

It's too bad that there will be no warnings throughout the book
relative to when it's just a bit or piece of code. I happened to have
taken a break around page 20 and wasn't sure how far back I needed to go
in order to get the code to work.

As long as no one on this list minds answering these questions, though,
it may well be a better learning experience.

Thanks again,

John C.