Brenda Rios - Solar System - Octos

[brendarios]

Solar System

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Comprehension Questions

Question	Answer
What was the purpose of the initialize method in your class?	To set the instance variables that will be used within the class, so to be able to call the class .new method.
Describe an instance variable you used and what you used it for.	@name is an instance variable I have in my program. This instance variable is used inside my Planet class
Describe what the difference would be if your SolarSystem used an Array vs a Hash.	My program is using an array of planets, so if I would have used a hash, the keys could be the Planet's names and the values the corresponding Planet object. The hash would facilitate looking for a planet by its name rather than using the index.
Do you feel like you used consistent formatting throughout your code?	Yes

[droberts-sea]

Solar System

What We're Looking For

Feature	Feedback
Baseline
Readable code with consistent indentation.	yes
Primary Requirements
Created Custom Solar System Class with initialize, add planet & list planets methods, without using puts.	yes
Planet Class Created	yes
Created a collection of Planet objects as an instance variable in SolarSystem.	yes
Accessor methods created	yes
Method created to return the Planet's attributes and not use puts	yes
Created a user interface to interact with the SolarSystem including adding a planet and viewing a planet's details	yes
Additional Notes	Great job overall! I have a couple of inline comments below that you should check out, but in general I am quite happy with this submission. Keep up the hard work!

[droberts-sea]

I like that you've broken this and read_about_planet out as separate methods. Good organization!

[droberts-sea]

There's an interesting interaction here, where interface calls again, which in turn calls interface. The repeated calls end up making a loop. This is an example of a programming technique called recursion, which you'll learn about in CS Fun in a few months.

Recursion is a powerful tool that can elegantly solve many problems. However, in this case I think a while loop might be a better choice, if only because it makes it immediately obvious to the reader that this code might execute many times.