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Ruby Ruby Booleans Build a Simple Todo List Program Returning Boolean Values: Part 1

Posted by Leonardo Escalante
Leonardo Escalante
3,190 Points

Boolean value in a class

I really appreciate your help in this topic, my code doesn' t work:

class TodoList attr_reader :name, :todo_items

def initialize(name) @name = name @todo_items = [] end

def add_item(name) todo_items.push(TodoItem.new(name)) end

def empty? index = 0 found = false todo_items.each do |todo_item| if todo_item.name == name found = true end if found break else index += 1 end end if found todo_items.delete_at(index) return true else return false end end if found todo_items.delete_at(index) return true else return false end

end

end

Please tell me what I'm doing bad.

todo_list.rb 
class TodoList
  attr_reader :name, :todo_items

  def initialize(name)
    @name = name
    @todo_items = []
  end

  def add_item(name)
    todo_items.push(TodoItem.new(name))
  end

  def empty?
    index = 0
    found = false
    todo_items.each do |todo_item|
      if todo_item.name == name
        found = true
      end
      if found
        break
      else
        index += 1
      end
    end
    if found
      todo_items.delete_at(index)
      return true
    else
      return false
      end
    end
    if found
      todo_items.delete_at(index)
      return true
    else
      return false
    end

  end

end

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

The only thing the empty? method needs to do is to check whether @todo_items array is empty or not:

class TodoList
  attr_reader :name, :todo_items

  def initialize(name)
    @name = name
    @todo_items = []
  end

  def add_item(name)
    todo_items.push(TodoItem.new(name))
  end

  def empty?
    if @todo_items.empty?
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end

end