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curtis allen
28,800 PointsRuby Loop get answer loop not working
Can somebody tell me why this isn't working?
Using a loop construct, assign the value of the get_answer() method to an answer variable. Use the break keyword to exit the loop if the answer variable is equal to the string e. Assume get_answer() is already written.
http://teamtreehouse.com/library/ruby-loops/ruby-loops/loop-conditionals-2
e = "" loop do answer = get_answer() if answer == e break end end
4 Answers
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest TeacherYou're close! It looks like you need to put quotes around the e to let Ruby know it's a string :)
sitkibagdat
27,311 PointsYou don't need to declare variables in Ruby before using them. Only loop is enough:
loop do
answer = get_answer
break if answer == 'e'
end
Anterrio Howard
2,625 PointsThis worked loop do answer = get_answer break if answer == 'e' end
David Quiroz
2,418 Pointsanswer = gets.chomp.downcase
does not work for some reason in treehouse. i think they dont have one of those methods. Anterrios method of get_answer works though.
Dimitri McDaniel
8,718 Pointsloop do answer = get.answer if answer == "e" break end end
remember the two ends are there .. one for the loop and the second for the if
sitkibagdat
27,311 Pointssitkibagdat
27,311 Pointsmissed that :)
curtis allen
28,800 Pointscurtis allen
28,800 PointsThank you Guys, for all your help. that was the issue I was running into.