Using Class method to access class variable
class Square def initialize if defined?(@@number_of_squares) @@number_of_squares += 1 # w w w. j av a2 s . c o m else @@number_of_squares = 1 end end def Square.count @@number_of_squares end end a = Square.new puts Square.count b = Square.new puts Square.count c = Square.new puts Square.count