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jay niceness
7,406 Pointsseriously confused... asking to create simple method "create_shopping_list" and only return a hash... not working...
in the build a grocery list program, stage 3 challenge... it asks for a simple method called "create_shopping_list" with no standard inputs, just return the hash...
def create_shopping_list
hash = { "name" => name }
return hash end
what's wrong with this code?
def create_shopping_list
hash = { "name" => name, "items" => Array.new }
return hash
end
4 Answers
ARNOLD SANDERS
5,266 PointsI would write it like this:
def create_shopping_list
hash = Hash.new
return hash
end
and then call it:
create_shopping_list
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,858 PointsThis is actually pretty simple, it just ask you to return a hash, any hash would do, including an empty hash.
def create_shopping_list
{}
end
And the problem of your code is this line "name" => name, you'll get a NameError exception because name is undefined.
jay niceness
7,406 Pointsgot it thanks!
Ivan Kusakovic
12,197 PointsI have losted at making grocery list :(