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Michael Criste
5,045 PointsI'm not sure I quite understand what it is they're looking for.
Please see my code, including that which is commented out. Not sure how this should be structured.
grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }
grocery_item["food"] = true if grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")
grocery_item.values_at["item"] = grocery_list
# grocery_list = [] << grocery_item.values_at["item"]
2 Answers
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsHi, you can complete this challenge in two steps.
create an array called grocery_list
grocery_list = Array.new
add the value of the grocery_item hash at the "item" key to the newly created Array
grocery_list += grocery_item.values_at('item')
So, that's pretty much it.
By the way, you can complete this challenge in 1 line.
grocery_list = Array.new(grocery_item.values_at('item'))
# or
grocery_list = grocery_item.values_at('item')
but I think writing it in two steps makes the code a little bit easier to read and understand.
Michael Criste
5,045 PointsThanks William. I really liked how you broke it down. I wouldn't have thought of the "+=" operator, but it makes perfect sense.
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsYes, Michael, since the return value of .values_at is an Array. The easiest way to solve this problem is just
grocery_list = grocery_item.values_at('item')