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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Ruby Control Structures If challenge!

Posted by Crystal Clear
Crystal Clear
1,833 Points

Why is my code not working?

I sent my if statement, and declared a variable, but my code still isn't working. Can somebody please help me debug.

ruby.rb 
car_speed = 65
speed_limit = 60
too_fast =;
if car_speed > speed_limit
  too_fast = "true";
end

1 Answer

Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
22,076 Points
Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
22,076 Points

Hi,

you're close! Just need a couple of adjustement!

You need to set too_fast as an empty variable outside the if statement, then inside the if return the boolean TRUE, not the string "true".

Like this:

ruby.rb 
car_speed = 65
speed_limit = 60
too_fast = ""

if car_speed > speed_limit
  too_fast = TRUE
end