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8,689 PointsCould not get my custom validator to work on the second challenge
validate :evil_in_name
def evil_in_name
if last_name.include?("evil")
errors.add(:last_name, " is evil")
end
end
2 Answers
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 PointsThe challenge says "Evil", not "evil". You can either put this capitalized word in the parentheses after "include?" or chain a .downcase
before the "Include?"
Danial Goodwin
13,247 PointsThis this challenge, another way is to use validates
(with the "s") and the exclusion
parameter. Here's the documentation that shows its usage: http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_validations.html#exclusion
Oh, and for motivated individuals, here's three more ways to do string validation :)
John Martens
8,689 PointsJohn Martens
8,689 PointsOMG, I can't believe that was it! Here I was racking my brains checking every letter of the actual ruby code, it didn't even occur to me to look at upper/lower case on the actual string. Thanks, boy I feel dumb.