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10,307 PointsAny ideas? I keep getting the parse_answer method doesn't return a string when given a string
Any ideas? I keep getting the parse_answer method doesn't return a string when given a string
def parse_answer(answer, kind="string")
if kind = "number"
answer.to_i
elsif kind = "string"
answer.to_s
else
answer
end
end
2 Answers
Eric Levy
14,652 PointsYou need two equal signs to evaluate "kind" in your conditional.
Donald Lobree
10,307 PointsThank you, Eric. That did the trick!