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David Besserman
3,963 Pointswhy "a" > "b" doesn't check is "a" is bigger than "b"
I can't understand why
"a" > "b"
doesn't work as you did in the video
Can you please helm me ?
6 Answers
Philip Benton
1,378 PointsVariables do not have quotations around them. "a" or "b" would be interpreted as strings which will throw and error.
Marc Biggar
10,942 PointsAre you using quotation marks "a" > "b", if so , remove them :
a > b
Asa Smith
10,009 PointsI had the same issue. The instructions tell you to check of the variable "a" is greater than "b". The video also shows checking the value of string "a" > string "b". Sort of confusing instruction.
David Besserman
3,963 Pointsthanks Marc. That worked. But why wasn't "a" > "b" working ? isn't "a" or "b" a variable ? Or is it a error in the question ?
saladspork
19,762 Pointsalso a>b (without spaces) doesn't work in the challenge but it is valid and works in irb? Should this not also pass?
Philip Bessa
5,396 PointsIt should pass, but generally it's not good form to type it without any spaces. It would be harder to read if there were a bunch of those crammed together in lines of code.