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Hunter Initiative
27,265 Pointsmethods that will NOT return the string "hello"
def greet return "hello" end
def acknowledge "hello" end
def welcome puts "hello" end
7 Answers
Shem Ogweno
15,393 PointsPuts method will print out a string to a terminal then RETURNS "nil"!
Hunter Initiative
27,265 PointsYeah sure, new to Ruby have tried with irb have seen the #welcome method having different output from the rest!
Shem Ogweno
15,393 PointsHi Hunter, Are you still having trouble understanding the point of this question?
Hunter Initiative
27,265 PointsYeah because it's already outputting a string and additional nil
Shem Ogweno
15,393 Pointsdef greet return "hello" end # Will return 'hello' because you explicitly use the return keyword.
def acknowledge "hello" end # Ruby methods ALWAYS return the last line of the expression unless return comes before it.
def welcome puts "hello" end # This method is printing 'hello' then return 'nil'
Hope this will help!
Hunter Initiative
27,265 PointsThanks for taking me through this! I really appreciate:)
Shem Ogweno
15,393 PointsYou are welcome!
Hunter Initiative
27,265 PointsWould really appreciate if you will hold my hand in this journey of programming!
Shem Ogweno
15,393 PointsSend a connect on linkedin! There is a link on my profile.
Hunter Initiative
27,265 PointsHey, what's your user name?
Shem Ogweno
15,393 PointsHere is my linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shemogweno
Hunter Initiative
27,265 PointsThanks, just sent a connection to you!