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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Logical Operators The Or (||) Operator

Posted by Crystal Clear
Crystal Clear
1,833 Points

What is wrong with my code

I know I have to use the logical or opertaor, and I used but it still isn't working.

ruby.rb 
def valid_command?(command)
  if (valid_command == "y") ||
     (valid_command == "yes") ||
     (valid_command == "Y") ||
     (valid_command == "YES")
    return true
  end
end

3 Answers

John Halbert
John Halbert
12,922 Points
John Halbert
John Halbert
12,922 Points

It seems you're evaluating the value of the function, not the parameter that is passed to the function. Remember, parameters passed act as local variables to the function.

Here's what passed for me, you should note the comparison of command, and not valid_command:

def valid_command?(command)
  if (command == "y") || (command == "yes") || (command == "Y") || (command == "YES")
    return true
  end
end
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,073 Points
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,073 Points

You have to use the "command" argument instead of "valid_command" to check. Like this:

def valid_command?(command)
  if (command == "y") ||
     (command == "yes") ||
     (command == "Y") ||
     (command == "YES")
    return true
  end
end

So you are checking if the argument that you receive is "y" or "yes" or "Y" or "YES". I hope that helps a little bit.

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Actually not much. Not much at all. In fact I took your code and copy/pasted it and then changed out "valid_command" for "command". valid_command is the name of the function. "command" is the name of the variable you should be checking! Somewhere in there you got the two mixed up a bit. Take a look:

def valid_command?(command)
  if (command == "y") ||
     (command == "yes") ||
     (command == "Y") ||
     (command == "YES")
    return true
  end
end
Crystal Clear
Crystal Clear
1,833 Points

thanks