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I was wondering, when we initialize name, we use
def initialize(name) @name = nameendNow, why do we have to put @name=name at all? Why not just use “name” as the variable and refer to it through the class? Why do we have to use a new variable called @name?
Answer 51e18db07c82caa2d1004a76
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The @ is what makes @name an instance property, so it’s stored with the object and can be accessed by other instance methods of the same class.
If you just say name = name, then name is local to the initialize method and inaccessible anywhere outside it.
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