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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Working with Hash Values

Cristian Hernandez Barrios
Cristian Hernandez Barrios
3,324 Points
Posted by Cristian Hernandez Barrios
Cristian Hernandez Barrios
3,324 Points

What I'm Missing?

I'm not sure what I'm missing here, it's say that i'm not calling the method has_value?

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

if grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")
  grocery_item = {"food" => true}
end

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

Two issues stand out at first glance:

  • the conditional is missing the "then" keyword
  • the entire hash is being replaced with a single key/value instead of adding a new one to it
Cristian Hernandez Barrios
Cristian Hernandez Barrios
3,324 Points
Cristian Hernandez Barrios
Cristian Hernandez Barrios
3,324 Points

Thank You, you're right I'm missing the then keyword and how to add a new item