# My very first Ruby class! This is preserved exactly as originally # written, and you'll notice I didn't fully have a grasp on the # Ruby conventions yet :) # # Just bear in mind that camelCase isn't very Ruby ;) # class FirstClass PREFIX = "Arg is " def firstMethod(a) print PREFIX print a print "\n" end end c = FirstClass.new c.firstMethod("Rosco") c.firstMethod(77) c.firstMethod(c) # Heres a slightly more complex example class SecondClass # a constant ACONST = "Constant" # constructor def initialize(name, location) @name = name; @location = location end def sayHello puts "Hello there, #{@name}! So you're from #{@location} huh?" end end sc = SecondClass.new("Ross Bamford","England") sc.sayHello sc = SecondClass.new("Rosie Randall","England") sc.sayHello # Bear in mind we can always add stuff to a class. Ruby has the 'to_s' method # which is much like toString in Java. So let's override that now puts sc.to_s class SecondClass def to_s "Person: #{@name} from #{@location}" end end puts sc.to_s