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Start your free trialDavid Legault
1,543 PointsCant solve the "Else challenge"
If anyone can help me. I can't figure our how to add an else statement that returns false with my "too_fast" variable.
The challenge is " Set a variable called "too_fast" equal to "true" if the car_speed is faster than the speed_limit and "false" if the car_speed is less than the speed_limit. "
car_speed = 55
speed_limit = 60
too_fast = true
if car_speed > speed_limit
puts "#{too_fast}"
else # ?????????????????????
end
3 Answers
Grace Kelly
33,990 PointsHi David, what you have done is try to output a string, which is not what we want. The challenge requires you to create a variable called "too_fast" and give it the value true if the car_speed is faster than the speed_limit. To do this we do the following:
if car_speed > speed_limit
too_fast = true #create a variable and set the value to true
end
Now applying this knowledge you can then create the else statement and set the too_fast variable to false, hope that helps!!
David Legault
1,543 PointsThanks this helps me a lot ! I really need to focus on what is asked in the question :-)
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7,386 PointsI don't think it's you. I think it's the instructor needing to be more clear when writing the question.
Unsubscribed User
7,386 PointsTreehouse. Could you please ask Grace Kelly to re-write all of your test/challenge questions? So many of your test questions - the wording requires a translation. In other words, you're not wording the questions in a comprehensible manner to the student. I spend hours upon hours simply trying to understand what's being asked. More often than not they range from non-sentences of jargon not used during the lesson to sentences with some different jargon used during the lesson mixed with jargon never mentioned in the lesson.