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7,341 PointsRuby Hash Methods Challenge 1 Task 1
I do not know this problem
grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }
calories = { "calories" => 100 }
2 Answers
Jack McDowell
37,797 PointsI remember needing some help on this answer as well! The code is as follows. Note that you merge grocery_item with calories by appending merge to it (that was the part that was confusing to me).
final_item = grocery_item.merge( calories )
Christian Kroul
9,849 Pointsgrocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }
final_item = grocery_item.merge({ "calories" => 100 })
This works now