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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Numbers Create a Number

Jason Nelson
Jason Nelson
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Posted by Jason Nelson
Jason Nelson
6,209 Points

Ruby Numbers

I have no idea why I can't figure this question out. Can anyone help??

Create a variable called year, then make it equal to the current year.

a = "year"

stuck from there

variable.rb 
a = "year"
a

2 Answers

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
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Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

Name of the variable is on the left of the = symbol and without any quotes. The value should be on the right. If it's stored as a number, then it doesn't use quotes. If you want a string of characters and not a number that you can use in calculations, then you need quotes. So in this case:

year = 2014
Jason Nelson
Jason Nelson
6,209 Points
Jason Nelson
Jason Nelson
6,209 Points

Thanks! could of sworn I tried that , smh something so simple.