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James Copeland
12,550 PointsFinding Array Items help
What are the issues with my code? I can't seem to figure this one out. I've watched the preceding video several times now and don't see where I went wrong.
def find_index(name)
index = 0
found = false
todo_items.each do |x|
if x.name == name
found = true
end
index += 1
break if found
end
if found
return index
else
return nil
end
end
1 Answer
Seth Reece
32,867 PointsHi James,
It looks like you are breaking the loop out after you increment index, so if an item is found, your code will return the index of that item plus one. I got a pass with:
def find_index(name)
index = 0
found = false
todo_items.each do |item|
if item.name == name
found = true
break
end
index += 1
end
if found == true
return index
else
return nil
end
end
James Copeland
12,550 PointsJames Copeland
12,550 PointsNow my code has disappeared and the code included with the challenge has changed completely (only included the specific method but now when revisiting, the whole class is included) - what is going on?