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Ruby Ruby Basics Ruby Syntax Method Arguments

Billy Ng
Billy Ng
5,567 Points
Posted by Billy Ng
Billy Ng
5,567 Points

it wont work

i did def say(name) puts /5 end

say("Ruby")

say.rb 
def say(name)
puts /5
end

say("Ruby")

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

Your code is quite close, the only issue is that you are not passing the parameter to puts but passing it \5. If you pass the parameter (name) like this:

def say(name)
  puts name
end

say("Ruby")

Then your code will work.