How can one set property values when initializing an object in Ruby?

Question

Given the following class:

class Test
  attr_accessor :name
end

When I create the object, I want to do the following:

t = Test         


        

Answer 1

Would need to subclass Test (here shown with own method and initializer) e.g.:

class Test
  attr_accessor :name, :some_var

  def initialize some_var
    @some_var = some_var
  end

  def some_function
    "#{some_var} calculation by #{name}"
  end
end

class SubClassedTest < Test
  def initialize some_var, attrbs
    attrbs.each_pair do |k,v|
      instance_variable_set('@' + k.to_s, v)
    end
    super(some_var)
  end
end

tester = SubClassedTest.new "some", name: "james"
puts tester.some_function

outputs: some calculation by james