Setting Up Setters

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If I have a setter method that needs to manipulate the incoming value before setting itself, how can I do this without it be self referencing? In the example below, I've defined "start_date=", so how do I now save a value to start_date?

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Ex: class Event    def start_date=(new_start_date)        self.start_date = new_start_date unless new_start_date >= start_date    end end

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If I have a setter method that needs to manipulate the incoming value before setting itself, how can I do this without it be self referencing? In the example below, I've defined "start_date=", so how do I now save a value to start_date?

Look for write_attribute

Fred