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Ruby Ruby Collections Ruby Hashes Working with Hash Keys

Posted by Brooke Bachman
Brooke Bachman
1,484 Points

Why isn't this working?

hash = { "name" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "calories" => 100 } hash["calories"]

hash.rb 
hash = { "name" => "Bread", "quantity" => 1, "calories" => 100 }
hash["calories"]

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

According to the instructions you need to use the has_key? method to check for the "calories" key. If it exists set a new variable food = true.