Question

I am in the ruby console, and I am trying to invoke a method and I am not getting the syntax right.

Here is the structure of the file:

module App
  module Tools
    module Pollers
      class Kpi
        attr_reader :start_time,:stop_time

        def initialize(start_time,stop_time)
          @start_time = start_time
          @stop_time = stop_time
        end
        .....

and I am trying to invoke this in the console like this:

?> kpi = App::Tools::Pollers::Kpi.initialize(start,end_date)
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb):17: syntax error, unexpected tCONSTANT, expecting kDO or '{' or '('

Would someone be able to point me to the right syntax for invoking the initialize ?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Judging by the error message, the problem is elsewhere, but you’ll probably want Kpi.new, not Kpi.initialize.

Well, apparently it’s not elsewhere 🙂