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Start your free trialRyan Dsouza
9,388 PointsUnknown error in Console when i try doing this ruby exercise
Guys,
I can figure this stuff. Everytime i run this program, i get this error,
"The to_s
method did not return a correctly formatted string."
Cant make any sense of it and if anyone has completed this course, please help me out. Its a small problem but i dont know what it is
class BankAccount
attr_reader :name
def initialize(name)
@name = name
@transactions = []
add_transaction("Beginning Balance", 0)
end
def to_s
puts "Name: #{name}, Balance: #{balance().to_s}"
end
def balance
balance = 0
@transactions.each do |transaction|
balance += transaction[:amount]
end
balance
end
def debit(description, amount)
add_transaction(description, -amount)
end
def credit(description, amount)
add_transaction(description, amount)
end
def add_transaction(description, amount)
@transactions.push(description: description, amount: amount)
end
end
2 Answers
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 PointsHey Ryan,
You just need to return the string; no need to print it out.
Ryan Dsouza
9,388 PointsHi Clayton..
Thanks a lot. It worked fine.
-Ryan Dsouza