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Ruby Ruby Basics Ruby Syntax Variables

Posted by Sam Toohey
Sam Toohey
1,237 Points

Im wondering why I cant use 2 puts in my code. Im struggling to figure out why I cant call description w/o a 2nd puts

So im not sure if I am grasping this properly. I believe I have made the right outline here, yet I cant use a second puts to call description to complete the challenge correctly.

variables.rb 
language = "Ruby"
description = "awesome"

puts language
description

2 Answers

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

You can use a single puts call to do this. Specifically, you can pass as many arguments as you want to puts, and it will print out each one. You just have to separate your arguments (in this case, language and description), with a comma (,)

Sam Toohey
Sam Toohey
1,237 Points
Sam Toohey
Sam Toohey
1,237 Points

OMG!!! that was so simple! Im used to JS where im outlining everything on one line. I had puts language, description and it was throwing errors.

I feel so stupid, thank you, Michael!