From: "Joec_49@..." <joec_49@...>
Date: 2011-11-09T23:05:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't get "or" or "||" to work.

Use regular expressions instead

Joe

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On Nov 9, 2011, at 9:02 AM, james gallagher <lollyproductions@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi.  I have a stupid question.
> 
> I'm stuck on the bit of ruby that follows:
> 
> name = gets.chop.downcase
> if name != "bob" || "fred"
>  puts "That wasn\'t one of the choices."
> else
>  code
> 
> If I put "bob" in it says:
> 
> That wasn't one of the choices.
> 
> It does the same for anything I put in.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
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