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  • Justin Sze Wei Teo
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    Question on transaction[:amount] , accessing value inside a hash

    Posted October 30, 2016 10:24am by Justin Sze Wei Teo
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    • Part 3: Keeping Our Balance

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  • vo thi quynh yen
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    @transactions.each do |transaction| balance += transaction[:amount] end

    Posted May 29, 2016 6:07pm by vo thi quynh yen
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    • Build a Bank Account Class
    • Part 3: Keeping Our Balance

    3 Answers

  • Unsubscribed User
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    Adding a space causes an error!

    Posted April 23, 2016 3:42pm by Unsubscribed User
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    1 Answer

  • Erik Nuber
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    20,629 Points

    Using a hash symbol in the Balance Method

    Posted March 28, 2016 11:42pm by Erik Nuber
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    1 Answer

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    Part 3: Keeping Our Balance; in Ruby Objects and Classes

    Posted March 19, 2016 2:16pm by Julia Fitzer
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    • Ruby
    • Ruby Objects and Classes
    • Build a Bank Account Class
    • Part 3: Keeping Our Balance

    1 Answer

  • Kaiyang Lin
    Kaiyang Lin
    5,573 Points

    Overwriting to_s function in a class

    Posted January 7, 2016 3:09am by Kaiyang Lin
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    5,573 Points
    • Ruby
    • Ruby Objects and Classes
    • Build a Bank Account Class
    • Part 3: Keeping Our Balance

    1 Answer

  • Eliza SJ
    Eliza SJ
    4,587 Points

    What is the purpose of 'return balance' ? What is 'return' actually doing ?

    Posted October 9, 2015 6:06pm by Eliza SJ
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    • Ruby
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    • Build a Bank Account Class
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    2 Answers

  • Frank Kuester
    Frank Kuester
    3,002 Points

    Why does 'puts bank_account' return the value of the overwritten to_s method?

    Posted July 15, 2015 5:28pm by Frank Kuester
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    • Ruby Objects and Classes
    • Build a Bank Account Class
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    1 Answer

  • Mohammed Ali
    Mohammed Ali
    11,134 Points

    to_s error

    Posted June 24, 2015 11:50am by Mohammed Ali
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    • Part 3: Keeping Our Balance

    2 Answers

  • Adrian Manteza
    Adrian Manteza
    2,527 Points

    Part 3:Keeping Our Balance What is the role/function of this method?

    Posted June 2, 2015 5:41pm by Adrian Manteza
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    4 Answers

  • 4Ctech Admin
    4Ctech Admin
    5,062 Points

    Question about balance method

    Posted February 3, 2015 11:53am by 4Ctech Admin
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    1 Answer

  • Rich S
    Rich S
    1,936 Points

    @transactions.push(description: description, amount: amount) What's the purpose behind the colons?

    Posted December 29, 2014 2:48am by Rich S
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