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Ewelina Sobora
5,604 PointsThe or operator. What's wrong with my code?
def valid_command?(command)
puts "Put the command yes or no: "
command = gets.chomp.downcase
if (command == "y") || (command == "yes") || (command == "Y") || (command == "YES")
return "true"
else
return "false"
end
end
def valid_command?(command)
puts "Put the command yes or no: "
command = gets.chomp.downcase
if (command == "y") || (command == "yes") || (command == "Y") || (command == "YES")
return "true"
else
return "false"
end
end
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! Nothing is wrong with your or evaluation. However, Treehouse is going to send in something to your function which will reside in the local command variable. You use the puts to output a prompt to the user and then set the command variable equal to what the user typed in. But this overwrites what Treehouse has sent. So now, it can't properly evaluate your code.
It's important to remember that when doing these challenges to try not to do anything the challenge doesn't explicitly ask for. To fix this, remove these two lines:
puts "Put the command yes or no: "
command = gets.chomp.downcase
Hope this helps!
