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Ruby

Miles Smith
Miles Smith
2,688 Points
Posted by Miles Smith
Miles Smith
2,688 Points

Ruby Hashes challenge

Okay so I went to do the first challenge in the Ruby Hashes challenge and I just don't seem to be understanding why my code won't work, it says "Task one failed" when it didn't before, here is a snipper of my code. The question is, Create a key in the grocery_item_1 hash called "name" and set the value of that key to the string "milk". I did see there was a bug topic posted on this, but saw no resolution

grocery_item_1 = Hash.new grocery_item_1 { "name" >= "milk" }

1 Answer

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Hi Miles,

Often times I will get an error on the second part of a code challenge saying part one is not passing. This happens when I have a syntax error on part two of the challenge. In your case it looks like you have a couple syntax errors. You have { "name" >= "milk" } instead of { "name" => "milk" }. Also if using a two line declaration you need an = sign between your hash name and key/value pair. When declaring a hash the simplest method would be:

grocery_item_1 = { "name" => "milk" }