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  • Raheem Sarcar
    Raheem Sarcar
    3,840 Points

    Difference between Include and Extend

    Posted December 20, 2023 6:04pm by Raheem Sarcar
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    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Extend

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  • gene c
    gene c
    13,630 Points

    Why the fetch count needs to have '@' in front when we already defined it in attr_accessor :fetch_count?

    Posted December 12, 2019 5:29am by gene c
    gene c
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    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Being Included

    1 Answer

  • Isis van der Plas
    Isis van der Plas
    13,445 Points

    what is the difference between include and extend?

    Posted September 20, 2017 10:10pm by Isis van der Plas
    Isis van der Plas
    13,445 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Extend

    2 Answers

  • Isis van der Plas
    Isis van der Plas
    13,445 Points

    what does "%s" mean?

    Posted September 20, 2017 9:54pm by Isis van der Plas
    Isis van der Plas
    13,445 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Extend

    1 Answer

  • Hunter Miller
    Hunter Miller
    4,592 Points

    Define an included class method in the Fetcher module that takes one argument called klass.

    Posted January 31, 2017 7:28pm by Hunter Miller
    Hunter Miller
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    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Being Included

    1 Answer

  • Tian Siang Ong
    Tian Siang Ong
    5,911 Points

    Help with this

    Posted December 5, 2016 2:45pm by Tian Siang Ong
    Tian Siang Ong
    5,911 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Being Included

    1 Answer

  • Jonathan Foster
    Jonathan Foster
    9,134 Points

    Confused about the instances method

    Posted November 26, 2016 4:35am by Jonathan Foster
    Jonathan Foster
    9,134 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Extend

    0 Answers

  • MICHAEL P
    MICHAEL P
    5,191 Points

    Code That Jason wrote in video does not work! Please help!

    Posted July 28, 2016 6:58pm by MICHAEL P
    MICHAEL P
    5,191 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Being Included

    2 Answers

  • Unsubscribed User
    Unsubscribed User
    11,042 Points

    Are we doing a a method override when we write the self.included block?

    Posted July 12, 2016 11:07am by Unsubscribed User
    Unsubscribed User
    11,042 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Being Included

    0 Answers

  • Unsubscribed User
    Unsubscribed User
    11,042 Points

    Why the "attr_accessor :fetch_count" statement has been written into the self.included block?

    Posted July 12, 2016 10:54am by Unsubscribed User
    Unsubscribed User
    11,042 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Being Included

    2 Answers

  • Deepak Rohan Sekar
    Deepak Rohan Sekar
    9,634 Points

    Different ways to write a method

    Posted April 5, 2016 1:22am by Deepak Rohan Sekar
    Deepak Rohan Sekar
    9,634 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Being Included

    5 Answers

  • Nick Vitsinsky
    Nick Vitsinsky
    7,246 Points

    Why 'Dog.new("Fido")' still works if we have now such class?

    Posted March 15, 2016 10:30am by Nick Vitsinsky
    Nick Vitsinsky
    7,246 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Include

    1 Answer

  • elk6
    elk6
    22,916 Points

    Can somebody explain me the purpose of self.include?

    Posted February 10, 2016 2:32pm by elk6
    elk6
    22,916 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Being Included

    2 Answers

  • Ulfar Ellenarson
    Ulfar Ellenarson
    5,277 Points

    the method def find(name)

    Posted January 5, 2016 7:11pm by Ulfar Ellenarson
    Ulfar Ellenarson
    5,277 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Extend

    0 Answers

  • Nic J Muller
    Nic J Muller
    9,822 Points

    Completely stumped here. Extend Customer class with tracking module.

    Posted December 30, 2015 9:44am by Nic J Muller
    Nic J Muller
    9,822 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Extend

    2 Answers

  • Frank Kuester
    Frank Kuester
    3,002 Points

    This time, why do I not have to define the fetch method inside the Dog or Cat class?

    Posted July 23, 2015 3:07pm by Frank Kuester
    Frank Kuester
    3,002 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Include

    1 Answer

  • Miroslav Králik
    Miroslav Králik
    8,448 Points

    Can I use instead of the module, a class? And can I do the same when creating a separate class out of this Fetcher class

    Posted June 28, 2015 7:47am by Miroslav Králik
    Miroslav Králik
    8,448 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Modules
    • Include and Extend
    • Include

    1 Answer

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