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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Hash Methods

Posted by Sara Brothers
Sara Brothers
7,341 Points

Ruby Hash Methods Challenge 1 Task 1

I do not know this problem

hash.rb 
grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }
calories = { "calories" => 100 }

2 Answers

Jack McDowell
Jack McDowell
37,797 Points
Jack McDowell
Jack McDowell
37,797 Points

I remember needing some help on this answer as well! The code is as follows. Note that you merge grocery_item with calories by appending merge to it (that was the part that was confusing to me).

final_item = grocery_item.merge( calories )
Christian Kroul
Christian Kroul
9,849 Points
Christian Kroul
Christian Kroul
9,849 Points 
grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }

final_item = grocery_item.merge({ "calories" => 100 })

This works now