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This was so frustrating!!
why the double end??
class Person
def initialize
end
end
Hello,
Well, let’s break it down.
First, you instantiate a class named Person.
class Person
end
end tells the program where and when the class ends.
Then, you create a method called initialize within that Person class.
def initialize
end
end tells the program where and when your method ends.
Let’s imagine that you want to say hello to someone.
class Person
def initialize(name = "David")
@name = name
end
def say_hello
puts "Hello #{@name}!"
end
end
// Hello David!
You see, that’s a way to structure your code into blocks. def will begin a method, and end will stop it. class will start a class, and end will tell the program where that class ends.
Without that, the program would have no way of knowing where to start, when to stop, and when to move on to something else.
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Hello,
I’m stuck on the method name “initialize”.
When we create our own methods using def, we can give it any name/word we want, right?
Is “initialize” a Ruby built-in method like .map and .length?
Is the name “initialize” a reserved word? Would any name/word work instead of initialize?
Or if “initialize” is a Ruby’s method, so why do we use def, as if we were creating our own method if the method already exists? sorry if this is a dumb question 
I think I might me mixing all the concepts here x(
Edit: I think this kind of explains the method… Leaving this here in case someone has the same question in the future. (I’m still a bit confused heh)
Initialize
thank you very very myuch! ^^
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