include and extend in ruby

The extend method will mix a module’s methods at the class level.

On the other hand, the include method will mix a module’s methods at the instance level, meaning the methods will become instance methods of the class.

module Stringify
  # Requires an instance variable @value
  def stringify
    if @value == 1
      "One"
    elsif @value == 2
      "Two"
    elsif @value == 3
      "Three"
    end
  end
end


module Math
  # Could be called as a class, static, method
  def add(val_one, val_two)
    BigInteger.new(val_one + val_two)
  end
end


# Base Number class
class Number
  def intValue
    @value
  end
end
 
# BigInteger extends Number
class BigInteger < Number
 
  # Add instance methods from Stringify
  include Stringify
 
  # Add class methods from Math
  extend Math
 
  # Add a constructor with one parameter
  def initialize(value)
    @value = value
  end
end

bigint1 = BigInteger.new(10)
puts bigint1.intValue # 10
bigint2 = BigInteger.add(-2, 4)
puts bigint2.intValue # 2
puts bigint2.stringify # "Two"

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