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Ruby Ruby Loops Build a Simple Contact List Assigning Hash Values From Methods

Brad Givens
Brad Givens
6,621 Points
Posted by Brad Givens
Brad Givens
6,621 Points

Assigning method return value to hash value pair

Trying to use the existing get_name method and its return value to add it to the second key, value pairing of the Hash. Tried using push and '<<' but can't seem to get it working.

contact.rb 
contact_list = []

contact = {"name" => "", "phone_number" => "" }

contact['phone_number'].get_name

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

You want to assign the returned value from get_name into the name key.

Within contact replace the assignment of "" into name with the get_name call instead. Literally, delete "" and replace with get_name.

Steve.

Brad Givens
Brad Givens
6,621 Points
Brad Givens
Brad Givens
6,621 Points

Thanks again, overthinking the question as usual!