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Joe Quattrone
195 Pointswhat does this error mean? Bummer: Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - 1
Don't know whats wrong with my code or why I got this error.
def create_shopping_list
print "What is the list name?"
name = gets.chomp
hash = { "name" => name, "items" => Array.new}
return hash
end
def add_list_item
print "What is the item called?"
item_name = gets.chomp
hash = {"name" => name}
return hash
end
list = create_shopping_list()
puts list.inspect
1 Answer

Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 27,547 PointsThis is pretty simple... for that challenge, all you are supposed to do is create a function that returns an EMPTY hash.
The way the code is tested, it thinks the gets.chomp is trying to load from a non-existent file.