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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Ruby Operators Greater Than

Error

This is the question.

Write the Ruby code to check if the variable "a" is greater than the variable "b".

So I typed in "a" > "b" but it won't accept it. I don't see what I'm doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

"a" > "b"

1 Answer

Owen Tran
Owen Tran
6,822 Points

The quotes have changed your variables into strings. Remove the quotes.