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Ruby Ruby Basics Ruby Syntax Defining Methods

Posted by mario acevedo
mario acevedo
333 Points

puts an argument

how do you call a method

hello.rb 
def "say_hi."
  puts "hi"
  say_hi
end

1 Answer

Jeff Muday
MOD
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,720 Points
Jeff Muday
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,720 Points

You're pretty close to an answer.

  • function name is say_hi without quotes.
  • Then, when you call the say_hi method, it should be outside and below the function (after the end keyword).
def say_hi
  puts "hi"
end

say_hi