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Overloading Methods
CodeExpectedActual
class Rectangle
  def initialize(*args) 
    case args.size 
    when 2
      @top_left, @bottom_right = args
    when 3
      @top_left, length, width = args
      @bottom_right = [@top_left[0] + length, @top_left[1] - width]
    else
      raise ArgumentError, "This method takes either 2 or 3 arguments."
    end
    # Perform additional type/error checking on @top_left and
    # @bottom_right...
  end
end
Rectangle.new([10, 23], [14, 13])
 #<Rectangle:0x2d3098 @bottom_right=[14, 13], @top_left=[10, 23]> #<Rectangle:0xb7c25aac @bottom_right=[14, 13], @top_left=[10, 23]> 
Rectangle.new([10, 23], 4, 10)
 #<Rectangle:0x2d0550 @bottom_right=[14, 13], @top_left=[10, 23]> #<Rectangle:0xb7c229d8 @bottom_right=[14, 13], @top_left=[10, 23]> 
Rectangle.new
 
ArgumentError: This method takes either 2 or 3 arguments.
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ArgumentError: This method takes either 2 or 3 arguments.
	from (irb):10:in `initialize'
	from (irb):18