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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Ruby Control Structures If challenge!

Sarah A. Morrigan
Sarah A. Morrigan
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Posted by Sarah A. Morrigan
Sarah A. Morrigan
14,329 Points

too_fast variable is not a variable?

When I run this same code on my own machine the variable too_fast is "true".

Am I supposed to set the variable too_fast as a string containing word "true", or is this something else?

ruby.rb 
car_speed = 65
speed_limit = 60

if car_speed > speed_limit
  too_fast = "true"
end

1 Answer

William Li
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William Li
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William Li
William Li
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too_fast = "true"

here what this challenge actually wants to you to do is set too_fast to Boolean true instead of the string "true".

mobilesuitcake
mobilesuitcake
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You might want to update the code you just wrote in. You also write out true as a string instead of a Boolean. 

too_fast = true
William Li
William Li
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William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

hi, codeillaceditz , no, I didn't write that line myself, the author of this post did, I just copied it over and pointed out what's wrong with it.