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A simple class that's been documented using comments.



# This class stores information about people.
class Person
  attr_accessor :name, :age, :gender

  # Create the person object and store their name
  def initialize(name)
    @name = name
  end

  # Print this person's name to the screen
  def print_name
    puts "Person called #{@name}"
  end
end

# RDoc can turn it into a pretty set of HTML documentation in seconds.

# rdoc person.rb








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