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zulu9iner
zulu9iner

Reputation: 13

Problem with If Statement in Ruby Program

I'm super beginner to ruby, but for some reason my if statement isn't working. Whenever the name 'Cristina' is entered, the program continues to print "Hello there".

def Cus_free_makers_eg1heChallenge(str)
  str = gets
  if str == "Cristina"
    print "Hello Cristina!"
  else
    print "Hello there!"
  end
  return str
end

Upvotes: 1

Views: 106

Answers (2)

Mike S
Mike S

Reputation: 151

This works:

str = gets.chomp

if str == "Cristina"
  print "Hello Christina!"
else
  print "Hello there!"
end

str

Ruby gets statement is usually ended with chomp or chomp! to -- you guessed it -- "chomp" aka remove the trailing newline and carriage characters. More info in Ruby doc: https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/3.0.0/String.html#method-i-chomp

I also took the opportunity to remove return and also the trailing end as both aren't necessary.

Upvotes: 1

Timur Shtatland
Timur Shtatland

Reputation: 12347

Add strip to remove newline:

str = gets.strip
if str == "Cristina" 
  print "Hello Cristina!"
else
  print "Hello there!"
end

Upvotes: 1

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