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Pass a block to your call to delete

If the key you're wanting to delete is not found, the block runs, and its return value will be returned by delete. myHash = { 1 => "One", 2 => "Two", 3 => "Three", 4 => "Four", 5 => "Five" } myHash.delete( 6 ) { |key| puts "not found, bubba" }