From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2010-01-23T03:28:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Argh?! :) kEND, $end and kELSE in a simple program


On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Jet Koten wrote:

> And for everyone's reference, my code now looks like this:
>
> puts 'Say something to the virtual hard-of-hearing Grandpa:'
> counter=0
>   while true
>   said=gets.chomp
>   year = (1930+rand(51))
>   if said=='GOODBYE'
>     counter+=1
>     if counter==3
>       break
>  end
>   elsif said !=said.upcase
>     puts 'HUH?! SAY IT LOUDER!'
>     counter-=1
>   else
>     puts 'NO, NOT SINCE '+year.to_s+'!'
>     counter-=1
>  end
> end
>
> and the problem with it is that it doesn't break after getting GOODBYE
> three times in a row...
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>


But it probably eventually hits the break if you keep saying "GOODBYE"

Either run the debugger or add a line right after the while true
     puts "the counter is #{counter}"

Then it should become clear.

-Rob

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