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Ruby Ruby Blocks Ruby Blocks Block Arguments

Jillian Dunleavy
Jillian Dunleavy
3,685 Points
Posted by Jillian Dunleavy
Jillian Dunleavy
3,685 Points

Would someone help me with this ruby block objective?

Call the method get_name with a block. Assign the block argument a variable called name. Do at least one thing in the block such as printing out the name.

I've tried a few variations that relate to what I had in the workspace during the video, but I can't get it.

block_methods.rb 
def get_name
  name = "My Name"
  name = gets.chomp
  yield name
end

name - get name do
  puts #{name}
end

2 Answers

Jeff Wilkey
Jeff Wilkey
10,296 Points
Jeff Wilkey
Jeff Wilkey
10,296 Points

You're kind of close you should be closer to something more along the lines of this:

def get_name
  name = "Jillian"
  yield name
end

# Write your code here
get_name do |name|
  puts "#{name}"
end
Jeff Wilkey
Jeff Wilkey
10,296 Points
Jeff Wilkey
Jeff Wilkey
10,296 Points

I suggest trying to watch the video again to understand the syntax here a bit better.

Jesse Zelaya
Jesse Zelaya
13,598 Points
Jesse Zelaya
Jesse Zelaya
13,598 Points

Try this:

def get_name
  print "Enter your name: "
  name = gets.chomp
  yield name
  name
end

name = get_name do |name|
  puts "That's a cool name, #{name}!"
end