Call out in instructions when quotation marks are needed #6
Description
The instructions for the "objects" lesson always show what followsjq enclosed in single quotes, e.g. the '[.foo]' in the first example:
$ echo '{"foo": { "bar": "a value" }}' \
| jq '[.foo]'
In the interactive tutorial, following suit with single quotes succeeds in the first two exercises:
Given: 'product' (type "data?" to view)
Challenge: Create a new object containing just the "name" field
> '{name}'
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Given: 'product' (type "data?" to view)
Challenge: Construct an array containing the product's name
> '[.name]'
But fails in the 3rd:
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Given: 'product' (type "data?" to view)
Challenge: Extend the product with { color: "red" }
> '{ price, name, "color":"red" }'
Command failed: jq ''{ price, name, "color":"red" }'' /usr/local/lib/node_modules/jq-tutorial/data/product.json
jq: error: syntax error, unexpected $end (Unix shell quoting issues?) at <top-level>, line 1:
{
jq: 1 compile error
I had no idea what I was doing wrong. Finally looked at the solution the in code and realized I was expected to omit the single quotes:
> { price, name, "color":"red" }
Suggest calling out in the instructions to omit them (or making it work with single quotes).
I'd be happy to update the instructions if you agree. Thanks!