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-# Variable Assignment
-
-## Objectives
-
-1. Assign a local variable.
-
-## Instructions
-
-You will assign a local variable named `greeting` that is equal to `"Hello World"`.
-
-You should first make sure the test suite is running correctly by running `learn`.
-
-Upon the first run of the test suite you should see:
-
-```
-Failures:
-
-  1) ./variable.rb defined a local variable called greeting and set it equal to 'Hello World'
-     Failure/Error: greeting = get_variable_from_file('./variable.rb', "greeting")
-     NameError:
-       local variable `greeting' not defined in ./variable.rb.
-     # ./spec/spec_helper.rb:14:in `rescue in get_variable_from_file'
-     # ./spec/spec_helper.rb:11:in `get_variable_from_file'
-     # ./spec/variable_spec.rb:5:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
-
-Finished in 0.00075 seconds (files took 0.0839 seconds to load)
-1 example, 1 failure
-```
-
-To solve this test failure, create a local variable `greeting` in the `variable.rb` file. Set `greeting` equal to the string `"Hello World"`. Run `learn` to see if you did this correctly.
-
-## Resources
-* [Learn to Program](https://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/chap_03.html)
-* [Introduction to RSpec](http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/an-introduction-to-rspec)
-
-<p data-visibility='hidden'>View <a href='https://learn.co/lessons/ruby-variable-assignment' title='Variable Assignment'>Variable Assignment</a> on Learn.co and start learning to code for free.</p>
+def greeting = "Hello World"
diff --git a/variable.rb b/variable.rb
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- # Define a local variable called 'greeting',
- # give it the value of the string "Hello World"
+greeting ="Hello World"