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Start your free trialJesse Van Der Heijden
3,313 PointsWhat's wrong with this one?
Don't see what I am missing. Help please!
Sincerely
class TodoList
attr_reader :name, :todo_items
def initialize(name)
@name = name
@todo_items = []
end
def add_item(name)
todo_items.push(TodoItem.new(name))
end
def find_index(name)
index = 0
found = false
todo_items.each do |todo_items|
if todo_items.name == name
found = true
break
else
index += 1
end
end
if found
return index
else
return nil
end
end
2 Answers
Jesse Van Der Heijden
3,313 Pointshuh wow, I see that this declares the array index name. But I dont see how this method can say anything about wether the value is found true or not. Strange you also have to delete the lines threehouse gave you. Anyhow it works. Thanks!
Ari Misha
19,323 PointsHiya there! Phew, that challenge took me a while but eventually i figured it out where the issue lies with this challenge. You've to return true if you find the item in @todo_items, otherwise false. I dunno why wouldnt Treehouse update this challenge. Anyways here is the solution for your reference ( and yes it has nothing to do with variables index and found):
class TodoList
attr_reader :name, :todo_items
def initialize(name)
@name = name
@todo_items = []
end
def add_item(name)
todo_items.push(TodoItem.new(name))
end
def find_index(name)
@todo_items.index { |item| item.name == name }
end
end
Ari Misha
19,323 PointsAri Misha
19,323 PointsJesse Van Der Heijden Thats the thing Jesse! The question was itself an incomplete question where they provided you some default initial values and methods right? But the behind the scenes, the answer implemented into the challenge is different. I think you nailed the code with respect to what was asked in the challenge. And your code was returning either the index and the value nil. But you see the challenge only accepts booleans.