File One

file_one.rb

class Person

	attr_accessor :youth, :last_name, :first_name
	def initialize(first, last, age)
		@youth = age
		@first_name = first
		@last_name = last
        end
end

an_array_of_hashes =       [{'first' => 'jen',
                             'last' => 'ng',
                              'age' => 25 },
                            {'first' => 'matt',
                             'last'  => 'aliabadi',
                             'age' => 26 },
                            {'first' => 'nicole',
                             'last' => 'likarish',
                              'age' => 25 }]

# a method that takes in an array of hashes, and returns an array of instances of the class 'Person'
def generate_people_from_array_of_hashes(arr)
    return arr.map do |h|
        Person.new(h['first'], h['last'], h['age'])
    end
end

# declaration, and invocation (of the generate_people_from_array_of_hashes method)
people = generate_people_from_array_of_hashes(an_array_of_hashes)