So, I'm running into this issue wherein I want to have three conditions be checked before the routine continues, but it keeps throwing up syntax errors saying it didn't expect the multiple conditions. Now, I know I've seen other people use lines such as:
if x > 100 && x % 2 == 1
#Do something
end
But, for whatever reason, this line:
if (letters.eql? letters.upcase && dash.eql? '-' && numbers.to_i.to_s.eql? numbers)
is throwing up tons of errors. Is it something to do with '.eql?' or is it something extraneous about Ruby that I haven't encountered yet?
Here's the rest of the code for reference:
print "Enter license plate: ";
input = gets.strip;
if input.length == 8
letters = input[0,2];
dash = input[3];
numbers = input[4,7];
if (letters.eql? letters.upcase && dash.eql? '-' && numbers.to_i.to_s.eql? numbers)
puts "#{input} is a valid license plate."
else
print "All valid license plates are three (3) uppercase letters, followed by a dash (-), followed by four (4) digits";
end
else
print "All valid license plates are 8 characters long.";
end
Also, these are the errors:
LicensePlate.rb:7: syntax error, unexpected tSTRING_BEG, expecting ')'
...? letters.upcase && dash.eql? '-' && numbers.to_i.to_s.eql? ...
... ^
LicensePlate.rb:7: syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting ')'
... numbers.to_i.to_s.eql? numbers)
...
This should do it:
if letters.eql?(letters.upcase) && dash.eql?('-') && numbers.to_i.to_s.eql?(numbers)
You can still wrap the entire conditional in parenthesis if you would like, but with Ruby (unlike JavaScript), you don't need to.