I assigned a class instance variable as an array.
class Red
@items = ["brinjal", "banana"]
puts @items.inspect
def test
puts @items.inspect
end
end
p = Red.new # => prints ["brinjal", "banana"]
p.test # => prints nil
If I access an instance of the class, it returns nil. What is happening here?
["brinjal", "banana"] is in @items of Red, a Class object.
nil is in @items of p, a Red object.
If you change all of your @ to @@, it will work, as those are always class-level. Or you could use a class-level accessor:
class Red
class << self
attr_accessor :items
end
@items=[]
@items<<"brinjal"
@items<<"banana"
puts items.inspect
def test
puts self.class.items.inspect
end
end
