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Ruby

Jose Escalante
Jose Escalante
716 Points
Posted by Jose Escalante
Jose Escalante
716 Points

how do i set a favorite_food variable?

I'm not sure how to set the favorite_food variable in Ruby.

variable.rb 
name = "Pie"
puts "favorite"
puts "food"

1 Answer

John Steer-Fowler
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John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points
John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points

Hi Jose Escalante,

To create a variable, you need to declare the variable name, followed by an equals sign (=) and then the object you want to store in the variable.

Use the name variable that is already created for help.

Remember that the variable you need to define is called 'favorite_food'