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rubyrubyruby
rubyrubyruby

Reputation: 1

Ruby method and variable inheritance

I'm trying to access variables defined in class One, through inheritance, in class Two. I can't seem to find the right way of going about it - it seems to work for methods:

class One
  class << self
    def test
      puts "I'm a method from class one"
      end
    end
  end
end

And as a new object the variable is accessible: 

class Two < One
  test
end
#=> I'm a method from class one

class Test
  attr_accessor :a
  def initialize
    @a = "hi"
  end
end

Test.new.a
#=> "hi"

But I'm trying to do something like:

class One
  class << self
    a = "hi"
  end
end

class Two < One
  a
end
#=> NameError: undefined local variable or method `a' for Two:Class

For now I'm using class variables, but I'm sure there's a better way:

class One
  @@a = "hi"
end

class Two < One
  @@a
end
#=> "hi"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 170

Answers (2)

seartles
seartles

Reputation: 36

Limosine is an example of a class inheriting, a variable (brand) and a method, to_s

class Car  
  def initialize(brand)  
    @brand = brand  
  end  

  def to_s  
    "(#@brand, #@model)"  
  end  
end  

class Limosine < Car  
  def initialize(brand, model)  
    super(brand)  
    @model = model  
  end  
end 

Use:

puts  Merc.new("Mercedes", "Maybach")to_s

Upvotes: 0

Arup Rakshit
Arup Rakshit

Reputation: 118271

local and class instance variables wouldn't be accessible through inheritance in Ruby.

Upvotes: 1

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