Ruby Class usage example

Class usage example

#!/usr/local/bin/ruby
class MyClass

  SOME_CONST = "alpha" # A class-level constant
  @@var = "beta"       # A class variable
  @var = "gamma"       # A class instance variable
  def initialize
    @var = "delta"     # An instance variable
  end
  def mymethod
    print SOME_CONST        # (the class constant)
    print @@var             # (the class variable)
    puts @var              # (the instance variable)
  end
  def MyClass.classmeth1
    print SOME_CONST        # (the class constant)
    print @@var             # (the class variable)
    puts @var              # (the class instance variable)
  end
end

def MyClass.classmeth2
  print MyClass::SOME_CONST # (the class constant)
  #print MyClass::@@var             # error - out of scope
  puts @var                # (the class instance variable)
end
myobj = MyClass.new
MyClass.classmeth1         # alpha, beta, gamma
MyClass.classmeth2         # alpha, gamma
myobj.mymethod             # alpha, beta, delta