From: Jet Koten <jetkoten@...>
Date: 2010-01-23T00:33:33+09:00
Subject: Argh?! :) kEND, $end and kELSE in a simple program

Hi,

I'm completely new to programming and am learning using Ruby.

I'm trying to get this program working using only these basic commands
that are in my program:

puts 'Say something to the virtual hard-of-hearing Grandpa:'
while true
  said=gets.chomp
  year = (1930+rand(51))
  counter=0
  if said=='GOODBYE'
  counter+=1
    if counter==3
      break
    end
  end
  elsif said !=said.upcase
    puts 'HUH?! SAY IT LOUDER!'
    counter-=1
  end
  else
    puts 'NO, NOT SINCE '+year.to_s+'!'
    counter-=1
  end
end

So basically it's supposed to be that it'll just loop forever unless you
say GOODBYE three times in a row... and not just three times with
something else in between.

Otherwise if you say anything lowcase it'll say HUH?! [...] and if you
say anything upcase it should say NOT SINCE and a random number between
1930 and 1950. I had all the basic functionality working like this:

puts 'Say something to the virtual hard-of-hearing Grandpa:'
while true
  said=gets.chomp
  year = (1930+rand(21))
  if said !=said.upcase
    puts 'HUH?! SAY IT LOUDER!'
  else puts 'NO, NOT SINCE '+year.to_s+'!'
  end
end


I'm really stuck about getting 'him' to break after the 3 GOODBYEs in a
row, I've written the code the best I can and now all I get are various
combinations of kEND, $end and kELSE. I'm guessing it's some kind of
scope issue but I don't know enough to know what I don't know... you
know? :)

Can anyone see what will get 'him' working using just the same basic
commands that are in this program already?

Thanks in advance.
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