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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Ruby Operators Greater Than

Posted by Melissa Taylor
Melissa Taylor
7,352 Points

why doesn't: "a" > "b" work for this question?

not sure what the answer is supposed to be here, but "a" > "b" works in the console ...
William Lynch
William Lynch
5,636 Points

I still haven't found a solution that actually works on the challenge. The text for the quiz talks about ascii characters so I believe that the quotes around a and b are correct.

I've tried every combination I can think of and still can't get it work. I don't. Maybe it's broken question. You would think that someone else would have found this.

if you have an answer, please try it on the challenge first. I've seen many suggestions, but none worked.

Any ideas?

2 Answers

Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

Seines it is asking for variables do not use quotes around a and b, with them they turn into strings.

William Lynch
William Lynch
5,636 Points
William Lynch
William Lynch
5,636 Points

ok, I figured it out. It was worth pursuing. You have to have a space before and after the operator.

I tried these on the challenge and got:

a>b fails a > b works.

Bill