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

Posted by Wilfredo Casas
Wilfredo Casas
6,174 Points

Why is my code not working?

Dont understand why my code is not working

ruby.rb 
car_speed = 65
speed_limit = 60

if car_speed > speed_limit
  too_fast = "true"
end

1 Answer

Kyle Meyer
Kyle Meyer
5,459 Points
Kyle Meyer
Kyle Meyer
5,459 Points

Hey Wilfredo Casas !

Sorry that error message isn't super clear. It looks like you're setting too_fast to a string of "true", but we're looking for the boolean value true.

irb > "true" == true
 => false

Hope that helps! :zap: