Stef Gunderson -- Carets

solar_system_stef.rb

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+# Create a planet class that will represent a planet
+class Planet
+
+# Add an initialize method that takes several arguments and uses them to set the class instance variables.
+
+  def initialize(planet, color, inhabitants, distance_from_sun, year_length, moons)
+    @planet = planet
+    @color = color
+    @inhabitants = inhabitants
+    @distance_from_sun = distance_from_sun
+    @year_length = year_length
+    @moons = moons
+  end
+
+# Create a method that returns the Planet's attributes in an easy to read fashion
+  def attributes
+    return "\nPlanet: #{@planet}, Color: #{@color}, Inhabitants: #{@inhabitants}, Distance from the sun: #{@distance_from_sun} million miles, Length in a year: #{@year_length} days, Moons: #{@moons}."
+  end
+end
+
+# Create a SolarSystem class.
+class SolarSystem
+
+# Create an initialize method which takes a collection of planet names and stores them in an @planets instance variable.
+  def initialize(data)
+    @planets = []
+
+    data.each do |item|
+      add_planet(item)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Create a method to add a planet to the list.
+
+  def add_planet(planet)
+    @planets.push(Planet.new(planet[:planet], planet[:color], planet[:inhabitants], planet[:distance_from_sun], planet[:year_length], planet[:moons]))
+  end
+
+  # Create a method that will return and not print a list of the planets as strings.
+  def planets
+    ret = []
+    @planets.each do |item|
+      ret.push(item.attributes)
+    end
+    return ret
+  end
+end
+
+# Instead of strings for planets, modify SolarSystem's initialize method to take a list of hashes where each planet is sent as a hash with at least 5 attributes.
+
+data = [
+  {planet: "Gallifrey",
+     color: "Red",
+     inhabitants: "Time Lords",
+     distance_from_sun: 62,
+     year_length: 652,
+     moons: 4},
+
+    {planet: "Adipose 3",
+     color: "White",
+     inhabitants: "Adipose",
+     distance_from_sun: 84,
+     year_length: 490,
+     moons: 1},
+
+    {planet: "Asgard",
+     color: "Green",
+     inhabitants: "Vashta Nerada",
+     distance_from_sun: 95,
+     year_length: 385,
+     moons: 5},
+
+    {planet: "Darillium",
+     color: "Yellow",
+     inhabitants: "Singing Towers",
+     distance_from_sun: 76,
+     year_length: 262,
+     moons: 3},
+
+    {planet: "Mira",
+     color: "Brown",
+     inhabitants: "Visians",
+     distance_from_sun: 204,
+     year_length: 416,
+     moons: 2},
+
+    {planet: "Necros",
+     color: "Grey",
+     inhabitants: "The Dead",
+     distance_from_sun: 1000,
+     year_length: 6841,
+     moons: 9}
+]
+
+ss = SolarSystem.new(data)
+puts ss.planets