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10,979 PointsWhy if function does not work.
I tried using the following code but it doesn't seem to complete the code challenge. I understand "answer = answer.to_i if kind == "number"' is simpler, but how is my code inherently different?
Thanks!
def parse_answer(answer, kind="string")
if answer.kind == "number"
answer = answer.to_i
end
return answer
end
1 Answer
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
15,419 PointsYou are comparing the value in the kind
method on answer
to the string "number"
. The answer object that is being passed into parse_answer
may not have a kind
method.
The construction of the parse_answer
method is looking to get at least 1 required argument (answer
) and 1 optional argument (kind
).
You need to test the value of the optional kind
argument to pass.
Aglaya Orinko
5,839 PointsAglaya Orinko
5,839 Pointsif kind == "number"