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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Ruby Operators Greater Than

Lisa Rosselli
Lisa Rosselli
790 Points
Posted by Lisa Rosselli
Lisa Rosselli
790 Points

"a" > "b" is a valid comparison, why does the interpreter (here) tell me it's not?

Given "Write the Ruby code to check if the variable "a" is greater than the variable "b"." In my Terminal's irb "a" > "b" is a valid comparison and returns false. Am I crazy?

"a".ord > "b".ord

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hi Lisa and Welcome to Treehouse.

I'm not sure why you are using .ord in the comparison? But aside from that, the challenge wants you to compare the variables a & b. Your code (minus the .ord) is comparing the strings a & b.

Get rid of the quotes and the .ord and you will be good to go.

a > b

Keep Coding! :)