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Ruby

Shane Harnarine
Shane Harnarine
2,562 Points
Posted by Shane Harnarine
Shane Harnarine
2,562 Points

Ruby Basics ("if" Statements) Cant get this to pass but it passes in my terminal. Please Help!

Define a method named check_speed that takes a single number representing a car's speed as a parameter. If the speed is over 55, check_speed should print the message "too fast". If the speed is under 55, check_speed should print the message "too slow". And if the speed is exactly 55, check_speed should print the message "speed OK".

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

check_speed 70

I don't why its not passing in treehouse. I use VS code and it passes. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

2 Answers

Mike Hickman
Mike Hickman
19,817 Points
Mike Hickman
Mike Hickman
19,817 Points

Hi Shane,

You're super close. The only issue is that you're continuing to use check_speed as the speed you're comparing against, which is only the name of the method you created. The speed (70 in your example) is being passed into the method as speed. check_speed should only used to define the method name, then not used again until you're actually calling the method on your last line.

Here's an example of the change:

def check_speed (speed)
  if speed > 55  # speed instead of check_speed
    puts "too fast"
  end
end

check_speed 70  # actually calling the check_speed method and passing in 70 as **speed**

For example, if you defined your method as:

def check_speed (potato)
  if potato > 55
    puts "We'll pass in the same speed, but reference it as potato"
  end
end

check_speed 70  # actually calling the check_speed method and passing in 70 as **potato**

You can still call your method at the bottom: check_speed 70, and then use potato > 55, potato < 55, potato == 55, etc in your if statements. Basically, the word you put in parenthesis after the method name is how you'll reference it within your method code.

Hope this makes sense. Have fun!

-Mike