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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Ruby Control Structures The Ruby Case Statement

Posted by abdi ali
abdi ali
10,920 Points

it only prints the first case output even if the user name another thing it won't go to else statement

i only get the first weather the user is right or not

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Can you copy your code into here, please?

Steve.

1 Answer

Brent Larson
Brent Larson
2,554 Points
Brent Larson
Brent Larson
2,554 Points

Hi I was having the exact same issue. Make sure you enter the variable name 'answer' after the case statement. Using the following code the else statement was NOT reading:

  when "reverse"
    puts "This is your name backwards:"
    puts name.reverse
  when "uppercase" 
    puts "This is your name in all uppercase letters:"
    puts name.upcase
  when "both"
    puts name.upcase.reverse
  else
    puts "Ok maybe later."
end

The following code is correct and should work (worked for me just fine), notice the word 'answer' after the case statement:

case answer
  when "reverse"
    puts "This is your name backwards:"
    puts name.reverse
  when "uppercase" 
    puts "This is your name in all uppercase letters:"
    puts name.upcase
  when "both"
    puts name.upcase.reverse
  else
    puts "Ok maybe later."
end