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

Posted by Megan McMullin
Megan McMullin
7,980 Points

How do you create the Hello method with one argument

def add (a) puts = "hello" end

add ("hello")

method.rb 
def add (a)
  puts = "hello"
end

add ("hello")

1 Answer

Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,888 Points
Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,888 Points

Megan,

The method should be called hello, so you'd write something like this:

def hello(name)
end

In a practical use case you could do this:

def hello(name)
  "Hello, #{name}"
end

puts hello("Megan")