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sasi
sasi

Reputation: 289

Input string does not match a numerical range

The below ruby code is not working as expected. It doesn't seem to recognise the 1..3 range and is only reading the else condition. If I gave a number instead of a range, it works though. Not sure where I'm going wrong.

print "Enter your cost: "
cost = gets.chomp
case cost
when 1..3 
 puts "inexpensive"
when 3..5 
 puts "affordable"
else puts "no comments"
end

Upvotes: 0

Views: 68

Answers (2)

sawa
sawa

Reputation: 168081

The input you get from gets is always a string, so it will never match a number range. To convert it to an integer, do this:

cost = gets.to_i

You can directly put it in case statement like so

case gets.to_i

Upvotes: 0

Sergio Tulentsev
Sergio Tulentsev

Reputation: 230306

You're trying to match a string against an integer range. That's not going to work. Make an integer.

cost = gets.chomp.to_i

Upvotes: 1

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