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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Hash Methods

Posted by Abhi Ramani
Abhi Ramani
4,228 Points

output?

output??

hash.rb 
grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }
calories = { "calories" => 100 }
final_item = grocery_item

1 Answer

Aaron Price
Aaron Price
5,974 Points
Aaron Price
Aaron Price
5,974 Points

They're asking you to merge grocery_item with calories, and assign the result of that merge to a new variable (final_item)

grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }
calories = { "calories" => 100 }
final_item = grocery_item.merge(calories)