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  • Shoko Ishigaki
    Shoko Ishigaki
    21,826 Points

    yield and block.call

    Posted October 15, 2018 2:12pm by Shoko Ishigaki
    Shoko Ishigaki
    21,826 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 4

    1 Answer

  • Nafeez Quraishi
    Nafeez Quraishi
    12,416 Points

    attr_reader : name, this is to avoid using @sign within the class, could someone elaborate

    Posted May 19, 2018 6:03pm by Nafeez Quraishi
    Nafeez Quraishi
    12,416 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 1

    1 Answer

  • MaryAnn Eleanya
    MaryAnn Eleanya
    8,626 Points

    I don't know what I am doing wrong with the initialize method.

    Posted March 13, 2018 12:19am by MaryAnn Eleanya
    MaryAnn Eleanya
    8,626 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Create a Class

    1 Answer

  • Jason Woo
    Jason Woo
    11,730 Points

    Bug? This should work

    Posted December 11, 2017 9:57am by Jason Woo
    Jason Woo
    11,730 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Yielding Self

    1 Answer

  • Jesse Van Der Heijden
    Jesse Van Der Heijden
    3,313 Points

    Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong here?

    Posted September 4, 2017 10:56am by Jesse Van Der Heijden
    Jesse Van Der Heijden
    3,313 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Create a Class

    2 Answers

  • Alphonse Cuccurullo
    Alphonse Cuccurullo
    2,513 Points

    Quick question about the hashes in this class.

    Posted June 20, 2016 3:39pm by Alphonse Cuccurullo
    Alphonse Cuccurullo
    2,513 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 3

    1 Answer

  • Roland Cedo
    Roland Cedo
    21,261 Points

    Why use symbols instead of string keys in this case?

    Posted April 2, 2016 5:52am by Roland Cedo
    Roland Cedo
    21,261 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 2

    1 Answer

  • Immo Struchholz
    Immo Struchholz
    10,515 Points

    Why do I have to use @ here?

    Posted March 25, 2016 10:31pm by Immo Struchholz
    Immo Struchholz
    10,515 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 1

    1 Answer

  • Nick Vitsinsky
    Nick Vitsinsky
    7,246 Points

    Whats the difference between monster.print_score and puts monster.print_score?

    Posted March 14, 2016 10:45am by Nick Vitsinsky
    Nick Vitsinsky
    7,246 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 4

    3 Answers

  • Andy Saini
    Andy Saini
    5,287 Points

    Although a single quote wrapped string is faster, why does Jason use double quotes wrapped strings in all his videos?

    Posted January 3, 2016 6:16pm by Andy Saini
    Andy Saini
    5,287 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 1

    0 Answers

  • Andy Saini
    Andy Saini
    5,287 Points

    Although a single quote wrapped string is faster, why does Jason use double quotes wrapped strings in all his videos?

    Posted January 3, 2016 6:16pm by Andy Saini
    Andy Saini
    5,287 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 1

    2 Answers

  • Andy Saini
    Andy Saini
    5,287 Points

    Although a single quote wrapped string is faster, why does Jason use double quotes wrapped strings in all his videos?

    Posted January 3, 2016 6:16pm by Andy Saini
    Andy Saini
    5,287 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 1

    0 Answers

  • Andy Saini
    Andy Saini
    5,287 Points

    Although a single quote wrapped string is faster, why does Jason use double quotes wrapped strings in all his videos?

    Posted January 3, 2016 6:16pm by Andy Saini
    Andy Saini
    5,287 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 1

    0 Answers

  • Sara Crwly
    Sara Crwly
    2,453 Points

    Query instance variable in Ruby blocks

    Posted January 1, 2016 7:48pm by Sara Crwly
    Sara Crwly
    2,453 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Running Code Before Executing Blocks

    2 Answers

  • Dan Berenholtz
    Dan Berenholtz
    2,949 Points

    How come 'yield' works here but not 'block.call' ?

    Posted December 15, 2015 6:31am by Dan Berenholtz
    Dan Berenholtz
    2,949 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Running Code Before Executing Blocks

    1 Answer

  • David Clausen
    David Clausen
    11,403 Points

    Why does the teacher use &block and yield?

    Posted August 22, 2015 11:20pm by David Clausen
    David Clausen
    11,403 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 2

    2 Answers

  • Nicolas Filzi
    Nicolas Filzi
    18,021 Points

    Can't see a concrete point behind Ruby Blocks, any eye-opening example for me folks? :)

    Posted August 11, 2015 3:06pm by Nicolas Filzi
    Nicolas Filzi
    18,021 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 1

    1 Answer

  • Anand Mohan Duddella
    PLUS
    Anand Mohan Duddella
    Courses Plus Student 8,264 Points

    in the initialize method of the monster class,create an instance variable called @actions that is set to an empty hash.

    Posted June 10, 2015 10:17am by Anand Mohan Duddella
    Anand Mohan Duddella
    Courses Plus Student 8,264 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Create a Class

    1 Answer

  • Matt Steves
    Matt Steves
    1,954 Points

    Problem in modifying the amount of screams the monster has

    Posted April 24, 2015 9:15pm by Matt Steves
    Matt Steves
    1,954 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Running Code Before Executing Blocks

    1 Answer

  • Anthony Baird
    Anthony Baird
    15,477 Points

    Why do you use (&block)

    Posted March 10, 2015 3:34am by Anthony Baird
    Anthony Baird
    15,477 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 4

    3 Answers

  • Sarah A. Morrigan
    Sarah A. Morrigan
    14,329 Points

    i thought of doing something to make it more interesting

    Posted March 9, 2015 4:44am by Sarah A. Morrigan
    Sarah A. Morrigan
    14,329 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 3

    1 Answer

  • David Bell
    David Bell
    16,997 Points

    Is block the same as block_given? in an if statement?

    Posted March 4, 2015 7:24pm by David Bell
    David Bell
    16,997 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Build a Monster Class: Part 4

    2 Answers

  • Devin Scheu
    Devin Scheu
    66,191 Points

    Help Ruby

    Posted February 20, 2015 4:44am by Devin Scheu
    Devin Scheu
    66,191 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Blocks
    • Blocks Practice
    • Running Code Before Executing Blocks

    1 Answer

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