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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Arrays Adding Items to Arrays

Posted by Steven Hohberg
Steven Hohberg
6,319 Points

Ruby Arrays

Jason taught us that we can add to an array using this syntax:

example_array += ["ice cream", "milk"]

but how can I do the same using this syntax:

example_array += %w(ice cream milk)

The question is how to do I display "ice cream" as a single value in an array?

1 Answer

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

Hi Steven,

You have to escape it using the backslash before the space, like this:

example_array += %w(ice\ cream milk)