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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Working with Hash Values

Posted by Johnathon Hill
Johnathon Hill
6,074 Points

No idea what the question is asking me to do if what I typed is incorrect. I typed grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")

Can anyone please tell me what I did wrong?

hash.rb 
grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }

if grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")
  grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company", "food" => true }
end
Johnathon Hill
Johnathon Hill
6,074 Points

The problem checker tells me the the method has_value? was not called

1 Answer

Marco van Vemden
Marco van Vemden
12,553 Points
Marco van Vemden
Marco van Vemden
12,553 Points

Hi Johnathon,

You should just set (or add) the new hash item to the existing hash: 

grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }

if grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")
  grocery_item["food"] = true
end
Johnathon Hill
Johnathon Hill
6,074 Points

Thanks!