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

Posted by william miller
william miller
1,083 Points

I am afraid that I have not understood the way to modify concerning 'y', 'Y', and 'yes' 'YES'.

I am not even sure how to ask about a problem that I am not doing right. just general help as to why my answer is not working properly.

ruby.rb 
def valid_command?(command)
  if  (command =='y','Y') || (command == 'YES','yes')
  end


end

2 Answers

William Li
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William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

In Ruby, command =='y','Y' and command == 'YES','yes' aren't legal syntax.

the simplest way to solve this problem is

def valid_command?(command)
  command == 'y' || 'Y' || 'yes' || 'YES'
end
william miller
william miller
1,083 Points

Gucci mayne........I was trying to do it as instructed by the ruby tutorial hosted by Jason Seifer......

William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

I see, let me watch how Jason did during the video.

William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

okay, I believe this is the reasonable solution of the challenge based on the materials presented during the video lecture.

def valid_command?(command)
  if (command=="y") || (command=="Y") || (command=="yes") || (command=="YES")
    return true
  end
end
william miller
william miller
1,083 Points
william miller
william miller
1,083 Points

To be honest I did it like this the first time although It reads syntax errors. its weird...it did that with the last challenge with the operators using &&....mystery