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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Working with Hash Values

Dan Muscat
Dan Muscat
1,803 Points
Posted by Dan Muscat
Dan Muscat
1,803 Points

why is the following code not passing grocery_item.has_value?("Bread") grocery_item.store("food", "true")

why is the following code not passing

grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")

grocery_item.store("food", "true")

hash.rb 
grocery_item = { "item" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "brand" => "Treehouse Bread Company" }

1 Answer

Dan Muscat
Dan Muscat
1,803 Points
Dan Muscat
Dan Muscat
1,803 Points

figure it out... true value is not a string..

grocery_item.has_value?("Bread")

grocery_item.store("food", true)

Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Dan, Glad you figured it out! :)

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