Importing (Requiring) Ruby class from irb

Question

In Python, importing classes, methods, variables etc to the python shell is done by import MyClass. I was to do the same thing in the Ruby shell. I have the following code:

module Search
   class ApartmentSearch
       attr_accessor :hood, :minPrice,
                     :maxPrice, :bed,
                     :bath

       def initialize(hood = "",
                   minPrice = 0,
                   maxPrice = 0,
                   bed = 0,
                   bath = 0)
           @hood = hood
           @minPrice = minPrice
           @maxPrice = maxPrice
           @bed = bed
           @bath = bath
      end
   end
end

I can import the module into the Ruby shell by require '/path/to/module/search, but when I then try to create a new ApartmentSearch object by calling Search.ApartmentSearch.new(), I get the following error: NoMethodError: undefined method 'ApartmentSearch' for Search:Module, which is obvious to some degree because ApartmentSearch is a class, not a method. What am I doing wrong here? My goal is to have classes kept modular and imported where needed.

Answer 1

you want to do:

Search::ApartmentSearch.new() and not Search.ApartmentSearch.new()

ApartmentSearch is in the Search namespace as modules in ruby can be used for namespacing