Ruby on Rails

On Aug 29, 2013, at 1:03 PM, Alex Froelich wrote:

> 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

Your method is called welcome(), but you are calling activity(). Make the last line read as this:

puts welcome("I like going to movies")

and you will see the output you desire.

Walter

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