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

Posted by alexfakrhi
alexfakrhi
6,372 Points

Seem to be struggling to come up with a solution for this problem, not actually sure what it's asking me to do!

can someone verify what the output should be, i's not very clear so I can't seem to be able to write code that passes the test.

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Alex,

What code have you tried so far?

3 Answers

alexfakrhi
alexfakrhi
6,372 Points
alexfakrhi
alexfakrhi
6,372 Points

Hi Jason,

This is what I've come up with, but the only return message is Bummer! Try again! I've tried so many variations and I can't get any to pass!

def check_speed(car_speed)
  if car_speed > 39 && car_speed <= 50 return "safe"
    end 
end

Thanks!

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Try car_speed >= 40 for your 1st condition.

With your code, a speed of 39.3 could be passed in and it would return "safe" but that's not at least 40.

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

I'm not sure if the challenge is not being strict enough here but your original code does pass with the return on its own line.

def check_speed(car_speed)
  if car_speed > 39 && car_speed <= 50
    return "safe"
  end 
end

this would be fine if only integer car speeds were passed in.

alexfakrhi
alexfakrhi
6,372 Points

it's strange, I tried a lot of combinations and went through the threads already covering this topic and had trouble getting it to pass but eventually it did it!

def check_speed(car_speed) if (car_speed > 40) && (car_speed <= 50) return "safe" end end

alexfakrhi
alexfakrhi
6,372 Points
alexfakrhi
alexfakrhi
6,372 Points

got it to pass, changed it to >= 40, and put both conditions in parentheses, put the return on a new line too!

Thanks for the amazingly fast response guys!!