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Ruby Ruby Basics Conditionals "if" Statements

Posted by Tanzila Rafeeq
Tanzila Rafeeq
2,936 Points

i keep getting a syntax error and i keep trying different things and they dont fix it they say its in line one.

no details

program.rb 
def check_speed(80)
  if check_speed < 55
    puts "too fast"
  end
  if check_speed > 55
    puts "too slow"
  end
  if check_speed == 55
    puts "speed OK"
end

2 Answers

jb30
jb30
44,805 Points

The challenge doesn't want you to specify the number to pass in to the method. It wants you to use a variable to represent a number, such as by using def check_speed(speed), then checking if the value for the variable is less than, more than, or equal to 55.

You should also close your last if statement with end so that the if statement ends and the check_speed class ends.

Tanzila Rafeeq
Tanzila Rafeeq
2,936 Points
Tanzila Rafeeq
Tanzila Rafeeq
2,936 Points

but i am using the end method to close it.