amorphid

# your local variables
first_card = 11
second_card = 13

# The "card" variable can only be seen within the method
def check_face_card(card) # removed the space
  if card == 11 || card == 12 || card == 13
    card = 10
  else
  end

amorphid

class String
  def how_long_am_i?
    length = 0

    while self[length] != nil
      length += 1
    end

    length
  end

amorphid

# breaks if string includes a 0
def string_length(a)
  string = a + "0"
  length = 0

  while string[length] != "0"
    length += 1
  end

  puts "Your statement is #{length} characters long"