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Ruby

Posted by Scott McIntyre
Scott McIntyre
2,623 Points

Ruby Deep Dive Hashes Error

Hey everyone,

I'm getting this error when setting up the "treehouse" hash in the first video of the hashes badge for Ruby. Could anyone please lend a hand? Thanks!

Error:

1.9.3p392 :039 > treehouse["business_name"] => "Treehouse" SyntaxError: (irb):39: syntax error, unexpected tASSOC, expecting $end treehouse["business_name"] => "Treehouse" ^ from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p392/bin/irb:16:in `<main>'

4 Answers

Zander Perry
Zander Perry
2,227 Points
Zander Perry
Zander Perry
2,227 Points

Hey Scott,

You might be missing an 'end' statement at the end of your code.

It always helps to post your code as well as the error.

Scott McIntyre
Scott McIntyre
2,623 Points
Scott McIntyre
Scott McIntyre
2,623 Points

I did post my code in that block. -

1.9.3p392 :039 > treehouse["business_name"] => "Treehouse"

It included the syntax error right after it -

SyntaxError: (irb):39: syntax error, unexpected tASSOC, expecting $end treehouse["business_name"] => "Treehouse" ^ from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p392/bin/irb:16:in `'

No end should be necessary at the end of that line as far as I can tell from the video.

Philipp Antar
Philipp Antar
7,216 Points
Philipp Antar
Philipp Antar
7,216 Points

You can't assign a key / value pair that way, you may either use

 treehouse = {}
 treehouse["business_name"] = "Treehouse"

or

 treehouse = {"business_name" => "Treehouse" }

HTH :)

Scott McIntyre
Scott McIntyre
2,623 Points
Scott McIntyre
Scott McIntyre
2,623 Points

I will try this...the way I was doing it worked on every key/value pair except for business_name. I should note that "treehouse" already existed with other pairs inside of it when I was trying to add it.

Thanks for the help!