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Ruby

Hossam Khalifa
Hossam Khalifa
17,200 Points
Posted by Hossam Khalifa
Hossam Khalifa
17,200 Points

Ruby String equality

I created a method that dose some basic encryption,changing every letter in a string to next letter. The method works but when I try to compare the string that is returned by the method to the string that should be returned it returns false.

here is the code:

def caesar_cipher(string,int)
  chars = string.chars
 int.times do
   chars.each do |char|
     if ("a".."z")  === char
     char.next!()
    end
  end
 end
  puts chars.join
  chars.join
end

x =  caesar_cipher('What a string!', 5)
puts x.length == "Bmfy f xywnsl!".length #=> true
puts x ==  "Bmfy f xywnsl!" #=> false   =>WHY??

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

So x is actually equal to Wmfy f xywnsl!, and so when you change the B to W it will return true.

Hossam Khalifa
Hossam Khalifa
17,200 Points
Hossam Khalifa
Hossam Khalifa
17,200 Points

did not even notice :) :D