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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Logical Operators The And (&&) Operator

Posted by Yashoda Sangapur
Yashoda Sangapur
1,496 Points

Need help with this code

I am not sure what exactly I am doing wrong, It is giving me syntax error

Thanks

ruby.rb 
def check_speed(car_speed)
  if (car_speed >= 40 && car_speed <=50)
    puts "safe"
  else 
    puts "unsafe"
end
car_speed (45)

2 Answers

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points
Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

I'll give you a hint and see if you can figure it out, look at your if else, statement, it might be missing something. The second hint is that car_speed is a variable, not the name of the method.

Let me know if that helps, and if not I can help walk you through how to figure out and correct those two issues.

Yashoda Sangapur
Yashoda Sangapur
1,496 Points
Yashoda Sangapur
Yashoda Sangapur
1,496 Points

got it.. thank you for the hints :)

def check_speed(car_speed)
  if (car_speed >= 40 && car_speed <=50)
    return "safe"
  else 
    return "unsafe"
end
  end

check_speed (45)

It worked

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

Awesome!