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Ruby Ruby Booleans Build a Simple Todo List Program Returning Boolean Values: Part 1

Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
Posted by Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points

Not sure what is wrong?

Not sure what is wrong?

todo_list.rb 
class TodoList
  attr_reader :name, :todo_items

  def initialize(name)
    @name = name
    @todo_items = []
  end

  def add_item(name)
    todo_items.push(TodoItem.new(name))
  end

  def empty?
    if @todo_items = []
      return true
    else
      return false
    end

  end

end

1 Answer

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

Brian, try using the count property to see if the list is empty:

  def empty?
    if todo_items.count == 0
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end