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class Contact
attr_writer :first_name, :middle_name, :last_name
def first_name
@first_name
end
def middle_name
@middle_name
end
def last_name
@last_name
end
def first_last
first_name + " " + last_name
end
def last_first
last_first = last_name
last_first += ", "
last_first += first_name
if !@middle_name.nil?
last_first += " "
last_first += middle_name.slice(0, 1)
last_first += "."
end
last_first
end
def full_name
full_name = first_name
if !@middle_name.nil?
full_name += " "
full_name += middle_name
end
full_name += ' '
full_name += last_name
full_name
end
def to_s(format = 'full_name')
case format
when 'full_name'
full_name
when 'last_first'
last_first
when 'first'
first_name
when 'last'
last_name
else
first_last
end
end
end
jason = Contact.new
jason.first_name = "Jason"
jason.last_name = "Seifer"
puts jason.to_s
puts jason.to_s('full_name')
puts jason.to_s('last_first')
nick = Contact.new
nick.first_name = "Nick"
nick.middle_name = "A"
nick.last_name = "Pettit"
puts nick.to_s('first_last')
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We might want to refer to somebody
by their last name first, and
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then their first name.
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So let's go ahead and
create that method as well.
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We'll call that last_first.
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And we can do that same
thing that we did last time.
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And we can say last_name, or last_first,
starts with the last_name this time.
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And then normally we will add a comma,
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and then we'll add the first name.
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