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jessb
3,551 Pointsirb is not recognizing my name as a variable.
treehouse:~/workspace$ irb
irb(main):001:0> name - "Jessica B"
results in
NameError: undefined local variable or method name' for main:Object
from (irb):2
from /usr/local/bin/irb:11:in<main>'
what is this, why does it keep happening how can I get it to recognize my name?
1 Answer
jessb
3,551 PointsI figured it out, very simple, my screen was too small and I was using a hyphen where I should have been using an equal sign.