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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Working with Hash Keys

Posted by Mehmet Buyukakarsu
Mehmet Buyukakarsu
2,275 Points

how do we set a new variable called food to true in this test ?

how do we set a new variable called food to true in this test ?

hash.rb 
hash = { "name" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "calories" => 100 }
hash.has_key?("calories")
hash["food"] = "true"
Eric Levy
Eric Levy
14,652 Points
Eric Levy
Eric Levy
14,652 Points

Think about the type of the value you're setting the "food" key to. Do you want to set it to the string "true"?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Here's a few hints:

  • you need to use your test in a conditional statement ("if") to control when the variable is set
  • the variable name should be simply "food" (you won't need "hash")
  • variable names and non-string values should not be enclosed in quotes