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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Working with Hash Values

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

Not sure what is wrong?

Why is this wrong

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

if grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")
  food = true
end

2 Answers

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

You're pretty close Brian. You just need to set 'food' as a new hash key in grocery_item with a value of true:

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

if grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")
  grocery_item['food'] = true
end
Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points

Thanks to all for you comments

John Shockey
John Shockey
45,061 Points
John Shockey
John Shockey
45,061 Points

You are close... you are setting a variable food to true. You need to add the key food to the hash with a value of true.

if grocery_item.has_value?("Bread") grocery_item.store("food", true) end