How can I use loops to iterate and add to array?

Hi Leticia,

I think that you are running into a problem because you are trying to do a little too much. You have almost everything you need, but also some additional things we won't need. We can simplify your solution.

loop do is a great start. loop is an iterator built into Ruby that will call its block forever( or until we tell it to break out of the loop). But it appears that you are also trying to write a method with current_value(number)...that's one of the parts we can get rid of.

Inside of your do block you definitely want to use the shovel operator << like you're doing to push the number into the array. But you don't want to use the dot operator . to send the message add(1) to number. Instead you can add 1 to the number variable and then reassign it to the variable number which is a really complicated way of saying:

number = number + 1

Then one last thing. The code challenge wants you to break out of the loop before the array has more than three items. The way you've written it you are asking it to break out of the loop if the number is less than (<) 3. Since the number begins at zero it will break right away. We can have the loop break when it reaches 3 by writing

  if number == 3
    break
  end
end

Notice that you will need two end keywords, one to end the if statement and one to close the loop block.

I will write the whole thing out for you so you can think through it and see the differences:

loop do
  numbers << number
  number = number + 1
  if number == 3
    break
  end
end

Keep up the good work and let me know if you have any questions.

Nathan