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In the I’m a block! excersize, the " ’ " character is a smart quote in the description. This is deceptive, and makes it look like the test is failing when it’s right.
The test should pass with
5.times{ puts "I'm a block!" } and 5.times{ puts "I’m a block!" }
or indicate the discrepancy between the apostrophe characters in the output. Since I am not a beginner, I know this error very well (and I hate smart quotes). Someone else more beginner might give up thinking it’s completely broken.
I feel your pain, so-called ‘smart’ quotes are the absolute worst. If you are, in-fact, new to coding then consider it a lesson in and of itself. I wouldn’t be surprised if these stupid quotes cost corporate America millions a year in developer time.
It would be sweet if the code academy course actually pointed out the discrepancy for you.
Is this course still actually intended for use? 80% of the exercises don’t run in the terminal even when the solution has been copied and pasted. A little bit shocked that the school I enrolled in has pointed me to this course.
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