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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Working with Hash Values

Ian Svoboda
Ian Svoboda
16,639 Points
Posted by Ian Svoboda
Ian Svoboda
16,639 Points

Couldn't pass task 2 of Ruby Code Challenge

My code appears to be right (tested in workspaces) but isn't working in the challenge itself. Would love to know what the deal is!

Code I was using is attached to this post.

hash.rb 
grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }

if grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")
  grocery_item["food"] = true
end

the_value = grocery_item.values_at("item")

grocery_list = ["#{the_value}"]

2 Answers

Andrew Kiernan
Andrew Kiernan
26,892 Points
Andrew Kiernan
Andrew Kiernan
26,892 Points

Hi Ian:

The values_at method returns an array, so your grocery_list currently is [["Bread"]]. If you just set grocery_list = grocery_item.values_at('item') it should pass.

-Andrew

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

Are you sure you looked at the video and the notes underneath? This should pass:

grocery_list = grocery_item.values_at("item")
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

You code did not pass because values_at returns an array and you put it inside another array.