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  • PRAKASH ANAND
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    PRAKASH ANAND
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    inside of the address_book variable. What does it mean? I didn't get this

    Posted August 16, 2019 11:46pm by PRAKASH ANAND
    PRAKASH ANAND
    Courses Plus Student 5,060 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Appending Contacts

    1 Answer

  • Richard Wentford
    Richard Wentford
    19,730 Points

    Append the contact variable to the contacts array inside of the address_book variable.

    Posted August 18, 2018 10:59am by Richard Wentford
    Richard Wentford
    19,730 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
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    • Appending Contacts

    1 Answer

  • Nafeez Quraishi
    Nafeez Quraishi
    12,416 Points

    why ruby asks me to type additional "end" (s) apart from the ones needed for closing loop, function and class.

    Posted May 24, 2018 8:35am by Nafeez Quraishi
    Nafeez Quraishi
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    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
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    • Searching By Address

    2 Answers

  • victor manda
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    Not sure I understand what it's asking me to do

    Posted February 2, 2018 2:34pm by victor manda
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    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
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    • Appending Contacts

    1 Answer

  • victor manda
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    victor manda
    Courses Plus Student 2,479 Points

    I dont understand what it wants me to do

    Posted February 2, 2018 1:28pm by victor manda
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    Courses Plus Student 2,479 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Appending Contacts

    1 Answer

  • Jason Woo
    Jason Woo
    11,730 Points

    Excluding variables in search?

    Posted December 13, 2017 5:27pm by Jason Woo
    Jason Woo
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    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
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    • Searching By Address

    1 Answer

  • Garret Saarinen
    Garret Saarinen
    3,942 Points

    Is there a better way that this can be explained? I don't know exactly what this task is asking.

    Posted March 14, 2017 1:35am by Garret Saarinen
    Garret Saarinen
    3,942 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Appending Contacts

    1 Answer

  • MICHAEL P
    MICHAEL P
    5,191 Points

    What is the reason to use the gsub method? I am not quite clear on the use of it.

    Posted July 22, 2016 9:11pm by MICHAEL P
    MICHAEL P
    5,191 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Searching by Phone Number

    2 Answers

  • Patrick Mockridge
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    Patrick Mockridge
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    I don't know what this question is asking of me

    Posted March 9, 2016 10:15pm by Patrick Mockridge
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    Patrick Mockridge
    Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 45,611 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Appending Contacts

    1 Answer

  • michael randell
    michael randell
    4,119 Points

    Need advice/guidance: I'm following but feel like I'm lost when it comes to thinking about doing it myself

    Posted March 1, 2016 5:38pm by michael randell
    michael randell
    4,119 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Searching by Phone Number

    3 Answers

  • Sean Flanagan
    Sean Flanagan
    33,237 Points

    Wouldn't it be more educational to let us students do the programming?

    Posted November 17, 2015 11:57pm by Sean Flanagan
    Sean Flanagan
    33,237 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Searching By Name

    3 Answers

  • Miles Smith
    Miles Smith
    2,688 Points

    Build an Address Book

    Posted October 20, 2015 7:46pm by Miles Smith
    Miles Smith
    2,688 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Appending Contacts

    1 Answer

  • Jared Armes
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    Jared Armes
    Courses Plus Student 6,391 Points

    Appending to an array inside of a variable

    Posted September 30, 2015 5:53pm by Jared Armes
    Jared Armes
    Courses Plus Student 6,391 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
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    • Appending Contacts

    1 Answer

  • Patrick Shushereba
    Patrick Shushereba
    10,911 Points

    Appending the contact variable

    Posted September 27, 2015 2:13am by Patrick Shushereba
    Patrick Shushereba
    10,911 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Appending Contacts

    2 Answers

  • Mark Weinberg
    Mark Weinberg
    3,002 Points

    Call the find_by_address method on the address_book instance and send it any address.

    Posted August 16, 2015 11:18pm by Mark Weinberg
    Mark Weinberg
    3,002 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Searching By Address

    1 Answer

  • Mark Weinberg
    Mark Weinberg
    3,002 Points

    Call the find_by_phone_number method on the address_book instance and pass it any phone number.

    Posted August 14, 2015 12:05am by Mark Weinberg
    Mark Weinberg
    3,002 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Searching by Phone Number

    1 Answer

  • Mark Weinberg
    Mark Weinberg
    3,002 Points

    Initialize a variable called address_book set to a new instance of the AddressBook class.

    Posted August 13, 2015 11:53pm by Mark Weinberg
    Mark Weinberg
    3,002 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Appending Contacts

    3 Answers

  • kabir k
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    kabir k
    Courses Plus Student 18,036 Points

    phone_number vs. number

    Posted August 7, 2015 5:02pm by kabir k
    kabir k
    Courses Plus Student 18,036 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Searching by Phone Number

    1 Answer

  • Henry Miller
    Henry Miller
    7,945 Points

    I need help

    Posted July 26, 2015 5:04pm by Henry Miller
    Henry Miller
    7,945 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Searching by Phone Number

    1 Answer

  • Henry Miller
    Henry Miller
    7,945 Points

    What is going on???

    Posted July 26, 2015 4:36pm by Henry Miller
    Henry Miller
    7,945 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Appending Contacts

    2 Answers

  • Daniel Wise
    Daniel Wise
    9,119 Points

    Not sure how to do this question!

    Posted July 10, 2015 5:59am by Daniel Wise
    Daniel Wise
    9,119 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Searching by Phone Number

    1 Answer

  • jay niceness
    jay niceness
    7,406 Points

    in Build Address Book, challenge Task 2 of 2: "Append the contact variable to the Contacts array inside of the addr

    Posted April 7, 2015 4:21pm by jay niceness
    jay niceness
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    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Appending Contacts

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  • Sarah A. Morrigan
    Sarah A. Morrigan
    14,329 Points

    Strange code challenge error message (bug?)

    Posted April 4, 2015 12:33am by Sarah A. Morrigan
    Sarah A. Morrigan
    14,329 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Search
    • Appending Contacts

    2 Answers

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