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Excuse me for "parroting" the same issue, but somehow this lab has the "I'm Done" button (as though this were a README or Code-Along), instead of the "Fork", "Run", and "Submit" indicators. The rest of it still works properly.

Thank you for looking into this, and my apologies for the pun.

i need help with return values lab

Maybe this was intentional, but nowhere in the lesson or parrot.rb comments does it mention that the default phrase must be "Squawk!". That doesn't become clear until a user either checks the content of the test or runs Learn and sees the error message.

Parrot and puts both seem to have unnecessary hashtags.

So how does one read the Parrot error messages and understand what they have to do the first time around?

Here is the error message:

#parrot
should say "Squawk!" by default (FAILED - 1)
should return the default phrase
should output the given phrase (FAILED - 2)
should return the given phrase

Failures:

1) #parrot should say "Squawk!" by default
Failure/Error: expect($stdout).to receive(:puts).with("Squawk!")
(#).puts("Squawk!")
expected: 1 time with arguments: ("Squawk!")
received: 0 times
# ./spec/parrot_spec.rb:6:in `block (2 levels) in '

2) #parrot should output the given phrase
Failure/Error: expect($stdout).to receive(:puts).with("Pretty bird!")
(#).puts("Pretty bird!")
expected: 1 time with arguments: ("Pretty bird!")
received: 0 times
# ./spec/parrot_spec.rb:18:in `block (2 levels) in '

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4 examples, 2 failures

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/parrot_spec.rb:5 # #parrot should say "Squawk!" by default
rspec ./spec/parrot_spec.rb:17 # #parrot should output the given phrase

And there is the code that is sufficient to solve it:

def parrot(say = "Squawk!")
    puts say
    return say
end

I solved this lab after really reading into what the instructions ask and a little help from the error messages but I found this really mysterious. Why are there references to "Pretty bird!" when that isn't necessary to pass this lab? Very confusing. I feel like I just stumbled around in the dark until I was lucky enough to write the correct string of code.

Should I no longer expect explicit instructions and stare at the error messages until a lightbulb goes off?

Please advise.

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The green light for having run local tests, won't light up.
I did the lab 3 times, getting all tests green, using Learn and then Learn Submit.

I also did it using clone/fork/add/push method.

I've created 2 pull requests, but the "local tests button" on the Learn page is still not turning green. I'll move to the next lesson for now.

Just like before when submitting default arguments fails to pass.

It's saying that the lab is complete, but it says it is not completed on my curriculum list. I've tried failing the test on purpose and re submitting the lab to pass the test in a different way. Can someone help fix this?

Thanks!

I just completed the parrot-ruby lab but in my curriculum it doesn't show up as completed. It just looks like it is an article you press "done reading", instead of the usual "fork", "test", "submit.

On this and a few other lessons, I need to refresh the page after completing the Pull Request in order to get the 'Next Lesson' option.

this lab already shows completed without me doing anything.

I got tripped up here bc my method worked but only half the tests were passing... until i re-read instructions and saw the "method will output that phrase, but also return the phrase"

Would be helpful to link students back to https://learn.co/tracks/web-development-with-ruby-on-rails/ruby/adding-new-words-to-your-program/puts-and-return-values as a refresher in case they need help (prob not necessary in immersive bc they do it at once but i got to this lab 2 days after i read that readme.)

need to add objectives section to this readme

add "default arguments" to tags

when running the test it should work with or without the word: return

It took me a while to figure out that you wanted that specific command in my rb file. I was suprised because the lessons have been stating that methods return your last expression.

So if there is a way so it also accepts it without the "return"

def parrot(phrase="Squawk!")
puts phrase
phrase
end

The Return Values Lab in the "Variables and Methods" section of Procedural Ruby is marked as a lab, opens a lab in IDE, but seems to operate as an informational lesson. I get the "I'm done" button. After I mark the lesson as done, it does seem to connect back and says "Completed This Lab."