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New to Ruby. I have created a very simple script called "hello.rb":

name = "Frederik"
puts = "Hello #{name}"

It will not execute (there is no output) in my terminal when I run "ruby hello.rb". I have checked that my editor (atom) is creating EOL's using "cat -e hello.rb" as suggested by "mu is too short" here: Why won't my Ruby script execute?. What could be causing this? I have attached a screenshot for reference.

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puts = "Hello #{name}"

You're assigning "Hello #{name}" to a variable named puts, not writing it to STDIO.

remove the assignment operator and your output should display normally.

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Thanks mcfinnigan - appreciate it

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