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Start your free trialErik Van de Water
Courses Plus Student 299 PointsCorrect answer for custom validator?
I have the code of my answer attached.
I don't get any error messages from the built-in console, so don't know what's wrong.
class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
validate :not_evil_last_name
def not_evil_last_name
if last_name.include?("Evil")
errors.add(:last_name, "Name is evil! Watch out!" )
end
end
end
end
2 Answers
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 PointsHi Erik,
Almost good, just missing you haven't add end
after class Contact, and remove another two ends on the last part.
More easier to see below for readable better:
class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
validate :not_evil_last_name
end
def not_evil_last_name
if last_name.include?("Evil")
errors.add(:last_name, "Name is evil! Watch out!" )
end
end
Jay Wilburn
22,994 PointsYou can't call a conditional on last_name without validating last_name.... You'll need to add this above your custom validator:
validates :last_name, presence: true
Should be fine then. :)