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Ruby Ruby Collections Build a Grocery List Program Method Returns with Hashes and Arrays

Daniel Dalrymple
Daniel Dalrymple
5,817 Points
Posted by Daniel Dalrymple
Daniel Dalrymple
5,817 Points

Making a Hash with an Empty Array

I felt like I had this one right, but my hash with a key => value and a key => value of an empty array doesnt seem to work. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks!

Dan

shopping_list.rb 
def create_shopping_list
  return hash {'title' => "Grocery List", 'items' => Array.new }
end

1 Answer

Ace Motanya
Ace Motanya
31,756 Points
Ace Motanya
Ace Motanya
31,756 Points

take out that word "hash" after you say return.

Daniel Dalrymple
Daniel Dalrymple
5,817 Points
Daniel Dalrymple
Daniel Dalrymple
5,817 Points

Thanks, I guess I was wanting to call it something, but clearly incorrectly!