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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Working with Hash Values

Posted by Cadell Singh
Cadell Singh
4,152 Points

hash

Using the has_value? method, check to see if the grocery_item hash has a value called "Bread". If it does, set a new key in the hash called "food" with the value of true.

the error comes up as "the key 'food' was not found in the 'grocery_item' hash?

can someone please help, thank you

hash.rb 
grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }
grocery_item.has_value?("bread")
grocery_item[:food] = true
Cindy Lea
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points
Cindy Lea
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

It says to set a new key food. You test for it, but are you supposed to declare it somewhere first?

Cadell Singh
Cadell Singh
4,152 Points

ok nvm, I figured it out...thanks