stanley-ordering.rb

puts "Welcome to Restaurant 720"
puts

courses = {"appetizers" => ["nachos", "bloomin onion", "guacamole", "breadsticks", "garlic knots", "none"],
"entrees" => ["hamburger", "chicken strips", "fried chicken", "none"],
"desserts" => ["chocolate cake", "apple pie", "none"],
"drinks" => ["soda", "wine", "coffee", "tea", "none"]}
order = []

# this is an awesome setup above!

def ordering(courses, order)
  # I passed in two parameters to the ordering function. Since I define "order" and "courses" 
  # outside of the function, I need to pass them in in order to have access to them
  puts "What course would you like?"
  puts courses.keys
  user_input = gets().chomp().downcase.to_s
  puts
  
  #everything above looks really great
  
  courses[user_input].each_with_index do |item, index|
    puts "#{index} : #{item}"
  end
  
  user_item = gets.chomp.to_i
  
  order << user_item
  # look carefully at what you are adding to the order array
end

5.times do |ordering|
  
  # I added a loop here to allow your user to order up to 5 times
  puts "Would you like anything ? (y/n)"
  yn = gets.chomp
  
  # you need to compare the user's answer to an actual string. In this case, it is "y"
  if yn == 'y'
    # I only call the ordering function if they want to order
    ordering(courses, order)
  else
    # otherwise, I break out of the loop and end the session
    break
  end
end

puts "your order is: "
order.each do |item|
	puts "#{item}"
end