From: "Bill W." <sirwillard42@...>
Date: 2011-05-08T07:37:00+09:00
Subject: Help with while condition OR condition

Hi everyone,

This is my first post, so I hope I don't sound too inexperienced..

I'm trying to teach myself Ruby, and have run into an issue with a while
statement that will break if an input is "exit" or "quit".
As of right now, it works if exit is input, but not quit

I know I am completely misusing the entire thing, but here is what I
came up with:

EXIT = "exit"  #need constants since Ruby gets pissed at string literals
QUIT = "quit"  #in a comparison

print "Input: "
input = gets
while input.chomp.downcase != (EXIT || QUIT) #only works for exit

  #Do something

print "Input: "  #pick up the next input and check it
input = gets
end

I know that Ruby has a lot of shortcuts, but if you post any please
explain how they work (or provide a link to a good explanation.

Thanks!

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