Help with while condition OR condition

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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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Help with while condition OR condition "Bill W." <sirwillard42@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 17:37 -0500
  Re: Help with while condition OR condition Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> - 2011-05-07 17:52 -0500
  Re: Help with while condition OR condition Christopher Dicely <cmdicely@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 17:53 -0500
  Re: Help with while condition OR condition John Feminella <johnf@bitsbuilder.com> - 2011-05-07 17:54 -0500
    Re: Help with while condition OR condition John Feminella <johnf@bitsbuilder.com> - 2011-05-07 17:55 -0500
  Re: Help with while condition OR condition Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderwerf@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 17:56 -0500
  Re: Help with while condition OR condition Hashmal <jeremypinat@gmail.com> - 2011-05-08 01:06 +0200
  Re: Help with while condition OR condition "Bill W." <sirwillard42@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 18:38 -0500
  Re: Help with while condition OR condition Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 20:15 -0500
  Re: Help with while condition OR condition 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-07 21:29 -0500
    Re: Help with while condition OR condition John Feminella <johnf@bitsbuilder.com> - 2011-05-07 21:48 -0500
    Re: Help with while condition OR condition Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-05-08 09:45 -0500
      Re: Help with while condition OR condition 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-09 15:11 -0500
        Re: Help with while condition OR condition Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-09 16:42 -0500

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