Basing One Class on Another: a Demo : inheritance « Class « Ruby






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Basing One Class on Another: a Demo


class Animal
  def initialize(color)
    @color = color
  end

  def get_color
    return @color
  end
end

class Dog < Animal
  def initialize(color, sound)
    super(color)
    @sound = sound
  end

  def get_sound

    return @sound
  end
end

dog = Dog.new("brown", "Bark")
puts "The new dog is " + dog.get_color
puts "The new dog says: " + dog.get_sound + "" + dog.get_sound








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