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Ruby Practice Sinatra Basics HTML Forms HTML Forms

MaryAnn Eleanya
MaryAnn Eleanya
8,626 Points
Posted by MaryAnn Eleanya
MaryAnn Eleanya
8,626 Points

I don't know what is wrong?

??

app.rb 
require "sinatra"

get "/input" do
  erb :input
end

post "/reverse" do
  @string= String.reverse(params[:string]) 
end
views/input.erb 
<form method = "post" action = "/reverse">
  <input type= "text" name ="string">
  <input type = "submit">



</form>

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Instead of String.reverse(params[:string]), try...

params[:string].reverse

.reverse isn't a method directly on the String class, it is a method on its instances.

my_string = 'hello world'
String.reverse(my_string)  # invalid
my_string.reverse          # valid