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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Logical Operators The And (&&) Operator

Posted by Cody Bouscaren
Cody Bouscaren
3,070 Points

I'm a bit confused about what this challenge is asking me to do. I'm not sure how to advance, as my code is wrong

I'm specifically confused about the 'set the return value' of the method to true portion.

ruby.rb 
def check_speed(car_speed)
  # write your code here
  if (car_speed >= 40) && (car_speed <= 50)
    check_speed = "safe"

end

3 Answers

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

You got the logic of the code right, but here're couple of issues

  • missed the end for if condition
  • no return value. By default, in Ruby the last statement in method definition is the return value, but check_speed = "safe" is just a value assignment.

Set the return value of the "check_speed" method to the string "safe"

def check_speed(car_speed)
  # write your code here
  if (car_speed >= 40) && (car_speed <= 50)
    "safe"
  end
end
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

HI, i dont know but, you can press a big arrow to go to next exercise or if this is the last one, click on the course and just look on sections and you can enter any video you like.

Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points
Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points

Hello, you have to return a value using the return statement

def check_speed(car_speed)
  # write your code here
  if (car_speed >= 40) && (car_speed <= 50)
    check_speed = "safe"
    return check_speed
  end
end