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Ruby Ruby Loops Ruby Loops Loop Conditionals

Posted by Brenda Bouchard
Brenda Bouchard
5,028 Points

Loop Conditionals Challenge Task 1 of 1

I am not sure what to do

loop.rb 
# Assume get_answer() is already defined

1 Answer

jordans
jordans
1,609 Points

Start and end the loop:

loop do

end

Now, assign the value of the get_answer() method to the variable "answer". You can put either get_answer() or get_answer:

loop do
  answer = get_answer
end

And last, break the loop with an if statement if the variable "answer" is equal/comparable ("==") to the string e. Make sure you define e as a string by wrapping it in single quotes (the apostrophe character):

loop do 
  answer = get_answer
  break if answer == 'e'
end
Michael Kristensen
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Michael Kristensen
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 26,251 Points

Thank you - I kept running in circles because I thought the task asked for answer to be compared to a string in a variable named e, and so not adding the quotation around 'e'