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Jared Armes
Courses Plus Student 6,391 Points"Contains?" doesn't return boolean value
I know that there is something wrong with my choice in syntax and logic. I'm supposed to define the "contains?" method so that it returns a boolean value if there is an item within the todo_items array, but I can't figure out how. I've watched the video a couple times and this seems somewhat unrelated.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
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 contains?(name)
if todo_items == name
return true
else
return false
end
end
def find_index(name)
index = 0
found = false
todo_items.each do |item|
found = true if item.name == name
break if found
index += 1
end
if found
return index
else
return nil
end
end
end
1 Answer
![Steve Hunter](https://uploads.teamtreehouse.com/production/profile-photos/806282/micro_Ironman.jpg)
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi there,
You need to iterate through the array and then check if each item's name property matches the parameter passed into the function:
def contains?(name)
todo_items.each do |item| # take each item in turn
if (item.name == name) # does item's name match?
return true
else
return false
end
end
end
I hope that makes sense!
Steve.
Jared Armes
Courses Plus Student 6,391 PointsJared Armes
Courses Plus Student 6,391 PointsIt does, thank you!