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Courses Plus Student 577 PointsWhat is my syntactic error?
What is my syntactic error?
def check_speed(car_speed)
if (car_speed == 40) || (car_speed > 40) && (car_speed == 50) || (car_speed < 50)
puts "safe"
else
puts "unsafe"
end
check_speed(car_speed)
2 Answers
Ari Misha
19,323 PointsHiya there! You're doing too much stuff which is syntactically wrong. Also you forgot to close the if block. You made it complex and you kinda fall in your own trap. But dont worry the solution is very simple. Instead of doing separate conditionals for == and < or >, you can always go for <=( less than and equal to ) or >= ( greater than and equal ). Here is how your code should look like:
def check_speed(car_speed)
if car_speed >= 40 && car_speed <= 50
"safe"
else
"unsafe"
end
end
gildasta
Courses Plus Student 577 PointsThanks a lot it works :)