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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Logical Operators The Or (||) Operator

Alphonse Cuccurullo
Alphonse Cuccurullo
2,513 Points
Posted by Alphonse Cuccurullo
Alphonse Cuccurullo
2,513 Points

Modify the valid_command? method to return true when passed the following values: "y", "yes", "Y", or "YES".

Did i do this right? sorry this question was wierd to me. It say's i got it right which is cool but im unsure exactly what the purpos of this was or what i even did.

ruby.rb 
def valid_command?(command)
  v = "y", "yes", "Y", "YES"
  return true

end

1 Answer

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Hi Alphonse,

That might pass, but I think they are looking for something more on the lines of:

def valid_command?(command)
    if (command == "y") || (command == "Y") || (command == "yes") || (command == "YES")
        return true
    end
end