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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Working with Hash Keys

Posted by Alisha Musamabik
Alisha Musamabik
2,133 Points

Hash ???

what have done wrong here ????

hash.rb 
hash = { "name" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "calories" => 100 }
hash.has_key?("calories")
food = true

3 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points

hash.has_key? returns a boolean value so set your variable equal to that.

Alisha Musamabik
Alisha Musamabik
2,133 Points

can show me want you mean?

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points 
hash = { "name" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "calories" => 100 }
food = hash.has_key?("calories")
Alisha Musamabik
Alisha Musamabik
2,133 Points
Alisha Musamabik
Alisha Musamabik
2,133 Points

thank you