Puts, print, and p output differences in Ruby - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to print a string with a newline using puts.

Ruby

puts [1]

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Ap

Bprint

C"Hello, world!"

Decho

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using print instead of puts

Forgetting quotes around the string

The puts method prints the string and adds a newline at the end.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to print a string without a newline using print.

Ruby

print [1]

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Aputs "Hello"

Bp "Hello"

Cecho "Hello"

D"Hello"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using puts which adds a newline

Using p which shows quotes

The print method prints the string exactly as is, without adding a newline.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to show the string with quotes and newline using p.

Ruby

[1] "Hello, world!"

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Ap

Bprint

Cecho

Dputs

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using puts or print which do not show quotes

Using undefined method echo

The p method prints the string with quotes and adds a newline.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to print a string with and without newline.

Ruby

print [1]
puts [2]

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A"Hello"

Bp "Hello"

C"World"

Dprint "World"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using p in print line

Using print in puts line

The first line prints "Hello" without newline, the second prints "World" with newline.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to print a string with quotes, without newline, and with newline.

Ruby

[1] "Test"
print [2]
puts [3]

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Ap

B"Test"

C"Done"

Dputs

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up print and puts

Not using quotes for strings

First line uses p to show quotes and newline, second prints without newline, third prints with newline.