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Ruby » Class » Class Variables 
Creating Class Variables


create instance variables by prefixing a variable name with @. 
create class variables by prefixing a variable's name with @@. 
# A class variable is shared by all instances of a class
# Only one copy of a class variable exists for a given class
# You have to initialize (declare a value forclass variable before you use it.


class Animal
  @@number_animals = 0

  def initialize(color)
    @color = color
    @@number_animals += 1
  end

  def get_color
    return @color
  end

  def get_number_animals
    return @@number_animals
  end
end

dog = Animal.new("brown")
cat = Animal.new("striped")
squirrel = Animal.new("gray")

puts "Number of animals is " + squirrel.get_number_animals.to_s

 
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