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Rick Buffington
8,146 PointsNegation operator incorrect?
Not sure what I am missing here...the negation operator is used and I have tested this on my own. Any thoughts?
def going_too_fast?(car_speed, speed_limit)
if !(car_speed > speed_limit)
return false
else
return true
end
end
2 Answers
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 PointsHey Rick,
Your code is correct, but you seemed to have switched the true/false return values. The challenge wants you to use the negation to reverse the logic, which you did, but then you switched the values, and now it returns what it originally did.
When you use the ! symbol, the condition now asks if something is "Not". So, originally, if the car_speed was greater than, it would return true. With the negation, if the car_speed was greater than, it will return false. Make sense? (It's kind of like making it "opposite day")
def going_too_fast?(car_speed, speed_limit)
if !(car_speed > speed_limit)
return true
else
return false
end
end
Keep Coding!
Rick Buffington
8,146 PointsOooooh I get it. It was seriously only caring about me switching the operator. Not whether or not the logic was correct. Thank you for the response!