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Ruby Ruby Basics Ruby Syntax Method Arguments

Posted by Tanzila Rafeeq
Tanzila Rafeeq
2,936 Points

i ran my code and it does not work can somebody help??

def say(word) puts word say "Ruby" end

say.rb 
def say(word)
  puts word
  say "Ruby"
end

2 Answers

jb30
jb30
44,807 Points

If you have the line say "Ruby" within the say method, the method calls itself. Try moving that line after the end of the method.

Tanzila Rafeeq
Tanzila Rafeeq
2,936 Points
Tanzila Rafeeq
Tanzila Rafeeq
2,936 Points

well, i found out that apperantly you dont need that line.