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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Methods Method Arguments

Posted by Julia Randall
Julia Randall
1,308 Points

code does not run in console says syntax error

def add (a, b) puts a + b end

add (2, 3)

says syntax error

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Yep, you have an error, you have a space where you shouldn't have a space. See if you can figure out it looking here: http://www.skorks.com/2009/08/method-arguments-in-ruby/