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  • Andrew Phythian
    Andrew Phythian
    19,747 Points

    Extra credit solution - slightly different approach

    Posted September 9, 2019 6:34pm by Andrew Phythian
    Andrew Phythian
    19,747 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Saving The Address Book

    2 Answers

  • K .
    K .
    2,357 Points

    Am I the only one that has a hard time keeping up? :(

    Posted August 24, 2019 6:19pm by K .
    K .
    2,357 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Saving The Address Book

    1 Answer

  • PRAKASH ANAND
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    PRAKASH ANAND
    Courses Plus Student 5,060 Points

    Bummer: Try Again

    Posted August 16, 2019 10:56pm by PRAKASH ANAND
    PRAKASH ANAND
    Courses Plus Student 5,060 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Searching the Address Book

    1 Answer

  • PRAKASH ANAND
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    PRAKASH ANAND
    Courses Plus Student 5,060 Points

    The `find_by` methods were not all called.

    Posted August 16, 2019 10:11pm by PRAKASH ANAND
    PRAKASH ANAND
    Courses Plus Student 5,060 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Searching the Address Book

    1 Answer

  • Michael Cook
    Michael Cook
    5,864 Points

    I don't know how to pass this challenge in Ruby "Building an Address Book"

    Posted April 14, 2018 12:08am by Michael Cook
    Michael Cook
    5,864 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Searching the Address Book

    2 Answers

  • Daniel Grieve
    Daniel Grieve
    6,432 Points

    Terminal doesn't register a non-nil value for middle name.

    Posted March 30, 2018 6:54am by Daniel Grieve
    Daniel Grieve
    6,432 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Adding Contacts: Part 2

    0 Answers

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

    Bummer try again lol

    Posted February 2, 2018 7:32pm by victor manda
    victor manda
    Courses Plus Student 2,479 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Searching the Address Book

    1 Answer

  • SOS Norway
    SOS Norway
    4,219 Points

    def run method error msg

    Posted December 22, 2017 8:39am by SOS Norway
    SOS Norway
    4,219 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Displaying a Menu

    2 Answers

  • Muhammad Saif
    Muhammad Saif
    11,565 Points

    Keep getting the error address_book.rb:98: syntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting keyword_end

    Posted June 12, 2017 1:52am by Muhammad Saif
    Muhammad Saif
    11,565 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Displaying a Menu

    1 Answer

  • Jorge Rodriguez
    Jorge Rodriguez
    2,616 Points

    Don't fully understand; contact.phone_numbers.push(phone)

    Posted November 28, 2016 3:05am by Jorge Rodriguez
    Jorge Rodriguez
    2,616 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Adding Contacts: Part 2

    2 Answers

  • Melissa Ramirez
    Melissa Ramirez
    6,503 Points

    How are connected the ruby classes IO, YAML and Psych and why we used the method file.write instead of YAML.dump?

    Posted September 7, 2016 5:40pm by Melissa Ramirez
    Melissa Ramirez
    6,503 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Saving The Address Book

    0 Answers

  • MICHAEL P
    MICHAEL P
    5,191 Points

    Why does choosing the "p" option not work, when following this video, exactly as Jason does the coding?

    Posted July 22, 2016 9:45pm by MICHAEL P
    MICHAEL P
    5,191 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Adding Contacts: Part 1

    2 Answers

  • Erik Nuber
    Erik Nuber
    20,629 Points

    Extra Credit: Delete a contact from the address book

    Posted March 31, 2016 7:35pm by Erik Nuber
    Erik Nuber
    20,629 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Saving The Address Book

    6 Answers

  • Immo Struchholz
    Immo Struchholz
    10,515 Points

    Extra credit

    Posted March 29, 2016 4:22pm by Immo Struchholz
    Immo Struchholz
    10,515 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Saving The Address Book

    1 Answer

  • Jasmine Frantz
    Jasmine Frantz
    8,299 Points

    I refreshed the side bar but no yml file is created.

    Posted March 2, 2016 12:59pm by Jasmine Frantz
    Jasmine Frantz
    8,299 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Saving The Address Book

    1 Answer

  • Loi Tran
    Loi Tran
    9,053 Points

    adding phone number or address yields multiple contact adds

    Posted December 19, 2015 7:30pm by Loi Tran
    Loi Tran
    9,053 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Adding Contacts: Part 2

    0 Answers

  • Loi Tran
    Loi Tran
    9,053 Points

    print_results a part of the public domain?

    Posted December 19, 2015 6:01pm by Loi Tran
    Loi Tran
    9,053 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Displaying a Menu

    3 Answers

  • Sean Flanagan
    Sean Flanagan
    33,237 Points

    Deleting a contact

    Posted November 20, 2015 11:47pm by Sean Flanagan
    Sean Flanagan
    33,237 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Saving The Address Book

    2 Answers

  • Sean Flanagan
    Sean Flanagan
    33,237 Points

    My address book doesn't work like Jason's

    Posted November 18, 2015 3:35pm by Sean Flanagan
    Sean Flanagan
    33,237 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Adding Contacts: Part 2

    3 Answers

  • Miles Smith
    Miles Smith
    2,688 Points

    Correct the code below to make the contacts variable an instance variable.

    Posted October 22, 2015 5:08pm by Miles Smith
    Miles Smith
    2,688 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Instance Variable Access

    1 Answer

  • Andrew Goninon
    Andrew Goninon
    14,925 Points

    Why is it '@contacts' in the 'open' method

    Posted June 11, 2015 6:55am by Andrew Goninon
    Andrew Goninon
    14,925 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Saving The Address Book

    3 Answers

  • Salman Akram
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    Salman Akram
    Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

    Searching the Address Book - Task 2

    Posted May 1, 2015 5:19pm by Salman Akram
    Salman Akram
    Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Searching the Address Book

    1 Answer

  • Khairul Akmal
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    Khairul Akmal
    Courses Plus Student 16,527 Points

    Undefined gsub Method

    Posted March 19, 2015 1:32am by Khairul Akmal
    Khairul Akmal
    Courses Plus Student 16,527 Points
    • Ruby
    • Build an Address Book in Ruby
    • Input and Output
    • Searching the Address Book

    3 Answers

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