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Ruby Ruby Collections Build a Grocery List Program Create a Method That Returns a Hash

Eric Carter
Eric Carter
2,130 Points
Posted by Eric Carter
Eric Carter
2,130 Points

What is the challenge task asking for?

I did what the prompt asked for but it doesn't seem to be registering with what the task is asking for?

shopping_list.rb 
def create_shopping_list
  print "What is the list's name?"
  name = gets.chomp

  hash = {"name" => name, "items" => Array.new }
  return hash
end

2 Answers

Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points
Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points

The challenge linked in your question is this -

Create a method named "create_shopping_list" that returns a hash. It does not need to ask for a name or get anything from standard input.

For that you just need to return a new Hash from the method - 

def create_shopping_list
  Hash.new
end
Eric Carter
Eric Carter
2,130 Points
Eric Carter
Eric Carter
2,130 Points

Ahhhh okay okay thanks a lot!

Ari Misha
Ari Misha
19,323 Points
Ari Misha
Ari Misha
19,323 Points

Hiya there! The challenge just wants you to create a method called create_shopping_list and it doesnt need to return anything other than an empty hash. Its pretty straightforward , but i'll still attach the code with my answer. 

def create_shopping_list
  {}
end

~ Ari

Eric Carter
Eric Carter
2,130 Points
Eric Carter
Eric Carter
2,130 Points

Ohhhh okay it went right over my head! Thanks a lot.