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

Posted by Justin Henderson
Justin Henderson
13,739 Points

Somehow lost again, even though these instructions seem clear to me?

Hello, I have the source code attached below. Though I'm not 100% sure, I believe my mistakes are either in operators or possibly the return statement? Any help would be great!

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

3 Answers

Caleb Kleveter
MOD
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

Try changing the location of the > and < on the sides of the =, and I believe you do need another 'end'.

Kevin Mulhern
Kevin Mulhern
20,374 Points
Kevin Mulhern
Kevin Mulhern
20,374 Points

change car_speed => 40 to car_speed >= 40

Robert Skoubo
Robert Skoubo
6,854 Points
Robert Skoubo
Robert Skoubo
6,854 Points

Justin, you need an 'end' to close the 'if' statement and you might try replacing the parenthesis with square brackets []. Someone else may have a better idea.

Justin Henderson
Justin Henderson
13,739 Points

Hello Robert, Thank you for the response. We actually do need () as opposed to []. This is the correct Ruby syntax for the statement to execute the correct way. Thank you for your help!