From: "Priten G." Date: 2010-12-13T04:03:06+09:00 Subject: Re: Deaf Grandma After reviewing the previous posts, I noticed that many answers did not incorporate the condition: '...you have to shout BYE three times in a row...' This is what I came up with: puts 'Hey Sonny, it\'s your Grandma! How are you?' response = nil bye = 0 while bye < 3 response = gets.chomp if response == 'BYE' bye = (bye + 1) if bye == 3 puts 'BYE, SONNY!' else puts 'HUH?! SPEAK UP, SONNY!' end What do you think? elsif response == response.upcase puts 'NO! NOT SINCE ' + (1930+rand(21)).to_s + '!' bye = 0 else puts 'HUH?! SPEAK UP, SONNY!' bye = 0 end end -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.