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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Ruby Operators Comparison Operators: Greater Than and Less Than

Posted by Vamsi Pavan Mahesh Gunturu
Vamsi Pavan Mahesh Gunturu
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how does"treehouse" > "TREEHOUSE" works!

I understand that a > A, because 97> 65. But how does this "treehouse".ord = 116 and "TREEHOUSE".ord = 84 work!

1 Answer

William Li
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William Li
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William Li
William Li
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the .ord method only returns the codepoint of the first char of the String. In another word, "t" from "treehouse" & "T" from "TREEHOUSE".

  • "t".ord => 116
  • "T".ord => 84

That's how you get these numbers.