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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Working with Hash Values

Jacob Schoeneman
Jacob Schoeneman
2,725 Points
Posted by Jacob Schoeneman
Jacob Schoeneman
2,725 Points

hash problem

I don't understand why it won't let me put in a value for the has_value?....

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


if grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")
  grocery_item = {"food"=> true}
end

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

To add a new key, value pair to the hash try this:

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

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