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Start your free trialPatrick Mockridge
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 45,611 PointsWhat wrong with my code?
I create the new instance, I populate all the arguments. What's going wrong?
class Address
attr_accessor :kind, :street_1, :street_2, :city, :state, :postal_code
def initialize(kind, street_1, street_2, city, state, postal_code)
@kind = kind or ''
@street_1 = street_1 or ''
@street_2 = street_2 or ''
@city = city or ''
@state = state or ''
@postal_code = postal_code or ''
end
def to_s(format = 'short')
address = ''
case format
when 'long'
address += street_1 + "\n"
address += street_2 + "\n" if !street_2.nil?
address += "#{city}, #{state} #{postal_code}"
when 'short'
address += "#{kind}: "
address += street_1
if street_2
address += " " + street_2
end
address += ", #{city}, #{state}, #{postal_code}"
end
address
end
end
address = Address.new
address.kind = "Home"
address.street_1 = "1"
address.street_2 = "Peace Drive"
address.city = "Peace City"
address.state = "Peaceland"
address.postal_code = "PEACE"
1 Answer
Eric Putnam
5,647 Pointsintialize
is called when you create a new instance, so the parameters must be passed to it just like any other function. so you might have something like
address = Address.new("Home", "1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW", "", "Washington", "DC", "123456")
Does that make sense?