Ruby on Rails

Walter Davis wrote in post #1119949:
> On Aug 29, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Alex Froelich wrote:
>
>> Hi Ruby on Rails community!
>>
>> I am trying to write a program that uses the .match command to find out
>> if a string contains a certain word-then using that information write a
>> conditional statement. The issue I am running into is that I am self
>> teaching myself and do not really know how to properly use this new
>> found str. method. Right now this is what my code looks like
>>
>> def your_plans(activity) #want to use a method for this one
>> if /activity/.match("movie")
>
> Take the slashes off of activity, and this should just work.
>
> irb
> 1.9.3p429 :001 > "i love movies".match("movie")
> => #<MatchData "movie">
> 1.9.3p429 :002 > "i love movies".match("walrus")
> => nil
> 1.9.3p429 :003 >
>
>>
>>
>> it is super basic, as I am just a starter. I think the rest of my code
>> is correct, i just cant figure out the match method. If anyone has some
>> pointers on why certain pieces go where that would be really helpful. I
>> have been using this site to look up and learn methods.
>> http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/String.html
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Walter


Hi Walter,

Thanks for your quick reply. I removed the "/" around activity, but when
i put everything in my code. I am receiving a syntex error.

def welcome(activity)
if activity.match("movies")
puts "Yes, Movies are awesome!"
else
puts "why don't you like movies?"
end
end
puts activity("I like going to movies")

What i am looking to get in the output is either a "Yes, Movies are
awesome" if .match finds "movies", or "why don't you like movies?" if
.match is unable to find movies in the statement. I am thinking it still
has to do with me not setting up the argument and .match correctly.

thanks,
Alex

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