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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Working with Hash Values

Posted by Cody Bouscaren
Cody Bouscaren
3,070 Points

Hash Issues

I'm following the code in the tutorial to the letter, but can't seem to make this work! Any suggestions?

hash.rb 
grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }
grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")
grocery_item[:food] = "true"

1 Answer

William Li
PLUS
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
  • "true" is a string, unlike the boolean true

If it does, set a new key in the hash called "food" with the value of true.

grocery_item["food"] = true if grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")
Cody Bouscaren
Cody Bouscaren
3,070 Points

I appreciate you help, AGAIN!!!