From: Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...>
Date: 2011-08-31T21:48:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Deaf Grandma Program doesn't work right

On 31 August 2011 14:30, Samuel Mensah <sasogeek@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Grandma has hearing issues 'cos she's getting old. All she does is
> answer my questions with a phrase "NO NOT SINCE 1938'. If I don't
> yell(.upcase), she's gonna tell me to speak up. If I yell without a
> question mark, she'll tell me "THAT'S NOT A QUESTION!". I write a
> program for this scenario and anytime I yell with or without a question
> mark, she tells me "THAT'S NOT A QUESTION!"
>
> What am I doing wrong or at least what am I missing?
>
> question = ''
> puts 'Ask grandma something...'
> while question != 'BYE!'
>    question = gets.chomp
>   if question != question.upcase
>     puts 'HUH?! SPEAK UP, SONNY!'
>   elsif question == question.upcase+'?'

Try like this: question == question.upcase[0...-1]+'?'

>     puts 'NO, NOT SINCE 1938!'
>   elsif question == question.upcase
>     puts 'THAT\'S NOT A QUESTION!'
>   elsif question == 'BYE!'
>     puts 'BYE!'
>   end
> end
>
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>
>

HTH

Michal