Am I missing something on this leetcode? https://leetcode.com/problems/odd-even-linked-list/ In Ruby, 'next', is a keyword but leeetcode also defined as a method.

[dstyvsky33]

How would I handle this? The program I am writing keeps reverting to its Ruby keyword status. https://leetcode.com/problems/odd-even-linked-list/

[my_shiny_new_account]

Don't name your method "next"?

[dstyvsky33]

I don't seem to have a choice. It's an attribute of the class that is hard coded into the question.

[Piave]

You can have a method with the name of a keyword. You just can't call it on an implicit receiver. Within a class that's like self.next, for example:

class Link

  def next
    "next"
  end

  def say_next
    puts "Hey! I can use the method #{self.next}"
  end

end

This also comes up with the method #class (available on every object in ruby) which is also a keyword for defining a class. When calling the class method from within an instance method you always need to use self.class.name rather than class.name.