Queues - Cara Comfort - Solar System

[cecomfort]

Solar System

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Comprehension Questions

Question	Answer
What was the purpose of the initialize method in your class?	Using the 'initialize' method in my Planet and Solar System classes allows me to define instance variables pertaining to each class when the "new" method is called outside of the class. When "new" is called, an instance of each class is created with an inherit set of properties, defined by the instance variables.
Describe an instance variable you used and what you used it for.	One of my instance variables for my planet class was planetary year, meaning the length of one year on that planet in earth days. I used this instance variable in a Planet method to help provide information on a given instance of the Planet class. I also used it in my Solar System class to calculate the age of a planet based on the formation year of a given solar system object.
Describe what the difference would be if your SolarSystem used an Array vs a Hash.	Using a hash instead of an array would have improved the readability of my code and simplified it to some extent. I would have no longer needed the find_planet method, which when given a string of a planet name, finds the planet in the solar system array and returns the corresponding planet object. If I used a hash when initializing my solar system, I could have just used the planet name as a key instead of having to look up where the planet was in my solar system array.
Do you feel like you used consistent indentation throughout your code?	Yes, I do.

[droberts-sea]

Solar System

What We're Looking For

Feature	Feedback
Created Custom Class with initialize method & instance variables.	yes
Used an Array to store a list of planets in the SolarSystem class.	yes
Readable code with consistent indentation.	yes
Created a pull request with your name & a meaningful message.	yes

Good code organization. Excellent work on the optionals!

[droberts-sea]

I like that you return a value here rather than puts-ing it. This will make the method more useful from other parts of your code.

[droberts-sea]

Good job re-working Planet#initialize to take a hash.