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Ruby Building Social Features in Ruby on Rails Creating Friendships More Parameter Modification

Jon Goodey
Jon Goodey
33,092 Points
Posted by Jon Goodey
Jon Goodey
33,092 Points

Delete the params[:status] hash if it exists in the params hash.

Delete the params[:status] hash if it exists in the params hash.

Write your code here.

if params[:status] params[:status].delete end

not sure what I am doing wrong here?

2 Answers

Jon Goodey
Jon Goodey
33,092 Points
Jon Goodey
Jon Goodey
33,092 Points 
if params[:status]
  params.delete
end

did not work I had to add the :status as a param to the delete method

if params[:status]
  params.delete(:status)
end
Rodrigo Soares
Rodrigo Soares
2,460 Points
Rodrigo Soares
Rodrigo Soares
2,460 Points

Try:

if params[:status]
 params.delete
end

it should work but if it don't try to input the :status key after the delete method.