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Struct

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A Struct is a convenient way to bundle a number of attributes together, using accessor methods, without having to write an explicit class.

The Struct class is a generator of specific classes, each one of which is defined to hold a set of variables and their accessors. In these examples, we’ll call the generated class “CustomerClass,” and we’ll show an example instance of that class as “CustomerInst.”

In the descriptions that follow, the parameter symbol refers to a symbol, which is either a quoted string or a Symbol (such as :name).

Included modules

Enumerable

Files

lib/pp.rb
lib/yaml/rubytypes.rb
struct.c

3Notes

Example

marcelo_murad · Jun 30, 20094 thanks

User = Struct.new(:name, :phone)

marc = User.new("Marc", "555-5555")

More Examples

waseem_ · Feb 12, 20122 thanks

=== Code

class User < Struct.new(:name, :age, :gender) 
end

user = User.new("Matz", 43, "male")

Passing a block with methods

tinogomes · Jan 28, 20111 thank

==== Code example

Google = Struct.new(:address) do
def latitude
  -1
end

def longitude
  -2
end

def with_address
  "with #{address}"
end
end

g = Google.new("Some Addres")

puts g.address
puts g.latitude
puts g.longitude
puts g.with_address

==== Result

# >> Some Addres
# >> -1
# >> -2
# >> with Some Addres