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Ruby Ruby Booleans Build a Simple Todo List Program Finding Array Items

Vineet Kapoor
Vineet Kapoor
3,955 Points
Posted by Vineet Kapoor
Vineet Kapoor
3,955 Points

Why is the following code wrong for challenge task 1 0f 1 for writing find_index?

def find_index(name) index = 0 found = false todo_list.each do |item| if item.name != name index += 1 else found = true break end end

if found
  return index
else 
  return nil
end

end

todo_list.rb 
class TodoList
  attr_reader :name, :todo_items

  def initialize(name)
    @name = name
    @todo_items = []
  end

  def add_item(name)
    todo_items.push(TodoItem.new(name))
  end

  def find_index(name)
    index = 0
    found = false
    todo_list.each do |item|
      if item.name != name
        index += 1
      else
        found = true
        break
      end
    end

    if found
      return index
    else 
      return nil
    end

  end



end

1 Answer

Omar Sanseviero
Omar Sanseviero
8,770 Points

You are doing todo_list.each, when todo_list is not defined. You array is named todo_items