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  • Ahmed Mohamed Fouad
    Ahmed Mohamed Fouad
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    why does "name.first_and_middle_name" variable after changing it to instance variable contains only "jason"

    Posted April 2, 2018 1:48am by Ahmed Mohamed Fouad
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  • David Greenstein
    David Greenstein
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    Keep getting this error message

    Posted October 5, 2017 4:56am by David Greenstein
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  • Julia Fitzer
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    instance variables within a method

    Posted March 18, 2016 5:08pm by Julia Fitzer
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  • Vamsi Pavan Mahesh Gunturu
    Vamsi Pavan Mahesh Gunturu
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    unable to use methods inside methods

    Posted September 29, 2015 8:56am by Vamsi Pavan Mahesh Gunturu
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  • sebastien penot
    sebastien penot
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    When creating an instance variable for a method, why doesn't Jason adds it to the initialize method?

    Posted February 9, 2015 10:56am by sebastien penot
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