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Ruby Ruby Loops Ruby Loops The Until Loop

Posted by Brenda Bouchard
Brenda Bouchard
5,028 Points

until loop Challenge Task 1 of 1

What am I missing?

loop.rb 
i = 0
answer = ""
until answer > 5 do
answer = gets.chomp.to_i
end

1 Answer

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Not sure what the challenge is, but you're setting variables i to zero, answer to an empty string, then asking a string (answer) to do something until it's > 5.

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Maybe answer.length > 5 ?