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Ruby Ruby Loops Ruby Loops The Ruby Loop

Posted by Akosua Kernizan
Akosua Kernizan
19,994 Points

the ruby loop challenge 1

I'm confused as to what I am doing wrong. Please help! thanks

loop.rb 
numbers = []

number = 0

# write your loop here
loop do 
  numbers << number
   number += 1
  if numbers > 3
    break
  end
end

1 Answer

Vitor Oliveira
Vitor Oliveira
6,766 Points

1) If you want to stop your loop when your number >= 3, you should do it:

    numbers = []

    number = 0

    loop do

       numbers << number

       number += 1 

       break if number >= 3

    end

2) If you want to stop your loop when your numbers.length >= 3, you should do it:

    numbers = []

    number = 0

    loop do

       numbers << number

       number += 1 

       break if numbers.length >= 3

    end

Both codes work in this exercise, because when number.length >= 3 or number >= 3, the numbers array has more than 3 items.

Akosua Kernizan
Akosua Kernizan
19,994 Points

thanks that was really helpful

Shaii Ong
Shaii Ong
3,078 Points
Shaii Ong
Shaii Ong
3,078 Points

I had the same problem. This was helpful! Thank you, :)