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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) How Ruby Works The Ruby Programming Language

Posted by Kenneth Savio
Kenneth Savio
1,470 Points

Unsure of my error in first Ruby Quiz question 4

Fill in the blank to put the string "Hello World!" on the screen:

_____________ "Hello World!"

My answer exactly: puts "Hello World!"

keep getting bummer prompt

is there an error with my syntax?

2 Answers

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

Nothing seems to be wrong. I entered puts in the blank spot and it passed.

findlay hilchie
findlay hilchie
4,427 Points
findlay hilchie
findlay hilchie
4,427 Points

It's because he is entering "puts "Hello World!"" not simply puts in the block as it isn't that clear that the "Hello World!" beside the box is part of the command.