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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Arrays Accessing Items in Arrays

Posted by Sigurjon Johannesson
Sigurjon Johannesson
5,453 Points

Can't do [] in the console.

I can't follow the teacher like I want because I can't do [] in the irb console. alt + 8 or alt + 9 doesn't work. Can anybody help me?

Josh Salyer
Josh Salyer
7,265 Points
Josh Salyer
Josh Salyer
7,265 Points

What exactly is the problem? Is there an error message that's displayed in the console? Are you trying to initialize an Array or access one of the elements within the Array?

David O' Rojo
David O' Rojo
11,051 Points
David O' Rojo
David O' Rojo
11,051 Points

That seems like system configuration specific problem. What is your operating system? What are the language and keyboard configuration settings?

Oskar Engstroem
Oskar Engstroem
3,147 Points

+1

Fausto Nunes
Fausto Nunes
3,879 Points
Fausto Nunes
Fausto Nunes
3,879 Points

I have the same issue. I can't seem to finish this lesson because of it. As soon as I type the shortcut: Option + 8, irb changes to (arg:8.

I'm on MacOS currently. I'll try to finish this lesson on my home computer that runs on Windows, to see if I get the same issue.