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Ruby Ruby Core and Standard Library Ruby Standard Library: Part 2 YAML

Jesse Fister
Jesse Fister
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Posted by Jesse Fister
Jesse Fister
11,968 Points

YAML question

I'm trying to use the load method to assign a variable called treehouse. I'm not clear why it won't pass?

Here is the question: Using the load method on the YAML class, assign the results of loading yaml_string in to another variable called treehouse.

yaml_string = "---\n:name: Treehouse\n:location: Portland, OR\n" require 'yaml' treehouse = YAML.load( "yaml_string" )

2 Answers

Angela Visnesky
Angela Visnesky
20,927 Points
Angela Visnesky
Angela Visnesky
20,927 Points

Hi Jesse, Try removing your quotes from the treehouse = YAML.load( "yaml_string" ). Your are pulling in the variable named yaml_string, not an actual string. treehouse = YAML.load(yaml_string) works in the challenge.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Jesse,

I think this should look something like:

treehouse = YAML.load(yaml_string)

I hope that works for you.

Steve.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Angela beat me to it! :-)