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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Ruby Hash Creation

Alphonse Cuccurullo
Alphonse Cuccurullo
2,513 Points
Posted by Alphonse Cuccurullo
Alphonse Cuccurullo
2,513 Points

Create a variable called grocery_item_1 which is a new hash.

Dont get it help would be appreciated when you have time thank you.

1 Answer

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Hi Alphonse,

Hashes are declared with curly braces, as compared to arrays with square brackets. To make an empty hash use:

grocery_item_1 = {}