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Ruby Ruby Basics Ruby Syntax Defining Methods

Elizabeth Naves
Elizabeth Naves
39,088 Points
Posted by Elizabeth Naves
Elizabeth Naves
39,088 Points

What am I doing wrong here?

I have rewatched the videos several times. Every time I go to do this code challenge, I receive " Bummer! undefined local variable or method `say_hi' for main: Object"

hello.rb 
def say(say_hi)
  puts hi
end

say (say_hi)

1 Answer

Tabatha Trahan
Tabatha Trahan
21,422 Points
Tabatha Trahan
Tabatha Trahan
21,422 Points

It looks like it wants you to define a method called say_hi that puts "Hi" to the screen, and then to call that method. So the method name would be say_hi, and doesn't take any arguments. After the method definition, call the method. Try this out:

def say_hi
  puts "Hi"
end

say_hi