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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Arrays Accessing Items in Arrays

Posted by Jerry Quek
Jerry Quek
1,764 Points

Array error pls help

grocery_list = ["first_item", "milk", "eggs", "bread", "ice cream", "potatoes", "pie"] grocery_list[0] Why error?

array.rb 
grocery_list = ["first_item", "milk", "eggs", "bread", "ice cream", "potatoes", "pie"]

grocery_list[0]

2 Answers

Ian Burres
Ian Burres
250 Points
Ian Burres
Ian Burres
250 Points

What are you trying to do? Print out the value and index 0?

Jerry Quek
Jerry Quek
1,764 Points

Yes

Ian Burres
Ian Burres
250 Points
Ian Burres
Ian Burres
250 Points

Well then you will need a print statement. System.out.print(argument).

What language are using for this challenge?