Difference between self and @

Ruby on Rails
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What is the difference between self.name and @name in case of a model class?

if I set @name = “ankur” inside a before_create filter then this does not work but self.name = “ankur” works.

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self.name is a method call whereas @name = is an instance variable assignment. I prefer to use the setters wherever possibe.

See: Different ways of initializing variables in the initialize method - #2 by derekprior - Ruby on Rails - thoughtbot

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Oh. Thanks

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And then there’s CoffeeScript, which is just different enough to trip you up when you have to context switch from Ruby…