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5,449 Pointswhy does this say that it is not returning the hash when it explicitly say "return hash"
def create_shopping_list
hash = ["name" => "name", "item" => "array.new"] return hash
end
list = create_shopping_list
def create_shopping_list
hash = ["name" => "name", "item" => "array.new"]
return hash
end
list = create_shopping_list
1 Answer
Gilbert Kennen
10,661 PointsHashes use curly braces, not square brackets. You are creating an array with a hash in the middle of it.
[{"name" => "name", "item" => "array.new"}]
You probably want to do:
def create_shopping_list
hash = {"name" => "name", "item" => "array.new"}
hash
end
While I recognize this is a trivial method, standard Ruby practice is to only use return when you are breaking out of the middle of a method, otherwise it always returns the result of the last expression of the method.
Will Long
5,449 PointsWill Long
5,449 Pointsohh