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Re: Help with while condition OR condition

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Hi,

A lot of beginners make the same mistake you did.   'Compound 
conditionals' have to be written like separate conditionals and then 
hooked together with an 'or' or 'and'.  For instance if you wanted to do 
something only if a number were greater than 5 and less then 10, you 
would do this:

x > 5
x < 10
and

if x > 5 and x < 10
  #do something
end

Everyone should use 'and' and 'or' by default instead of && and ||. 
Code reads better that way.  Only if you have a specific reason to, 
should you use && or ||.

Good luck.

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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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