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Ruby Ruby Collections Build a Grocery List Program Create a Method That Returns a Hash

Posted by isaacpollock
isaacpollock
1,023 Points

why isn't this working

any help greatly appreciated!

shopping_list.rb 
def = "create_shopping_list" return hash

1 Answer

Dane Parchment
MOD
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points
Dane Parchment
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points

Remember what a hash is? Basically a collection of keys and values right? Well here he asks you to return a hash, but says that hash doesn't have any values, or keys. So basically you have to return an empty hash. as shown below:

def create_shopping_list
    return {}
end

That should be correct