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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Methods Method Arguments: Part 1

Ashish Chalukya
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Ashish Chalukya
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Posted by Ashish Chalukya
Ashish Chalukya
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Create a method Called hello that takes one argument

Create a method Called hello that takes one argument

method.rb 
def hello

end

3 Answers

nulled
nulled
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nulled
nulled
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def hello(helloargument) 
  puts helloargument
end

Arguments usually go inside the parenthesis after the name of your method. The parenthesis though are optional but I would suggest you use them so there is no ambiguity in your code.

izqcabvvli
izqcabvvli
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izqcabvvli
izqcabvvli
4,111 Points

def hello()

end

The argument is supposed to to be typed within the parenthesis. Here an empty argument will do.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Try this:

def hello(arg)

end