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Ruby Ruby Loops Build a Simple Contact List Assigning Hash Values From Methods

Posted by Alex Ignat
Alex Ignat
8,538 Points

Assign the value of the key name to the return value of the method get_name() in the contact hash. Assume that get_name(

I've been stuck on this question for a while

contact.rb 
contact_list = []
def get_name()
contact = {"name" => "", "phone_number" => "" }
  contact["name"]
  return contact
end

2 Answers

William Li
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William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points 
contact_list = []

contact = {"name" => get_name, "phone_number" => get_phone_number }
Alex Ignat
Alex Ignat
8,538 Points

ohhh lol. much easier than i thought.

thanks!

ARNOLD SANDERS
ARNOLD SANDERS
5,266 Points
ARNOLD SANDERS
ARNOLD SANDERS
5,266 Points 
def get_name
    contact = {"name" => "Joe", "phone_number" => "" }
   return contact["name"] 
end

and then call it: 

get_name
Alex Ignat
Alex Ignat
8,538 Points

Thanks!