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=begin | |
Instructions | |
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1. Copy the code here: http://bit.ly/SLB5Ah | |
2. Fix it. | |
3. Make up your own city names using an array called 'cities'. | |
4. Print the length of the characters of each person's name. | |
5. Ask the user for their name and where they are from. | |
6. Your final output should look like the following: | |
What's your name? | |
richard | |
Thanks Richard, and where are you from? | |
new jersey | |
Thanks - here's some info about you and some of my friends: | |
Your name is Richard, you're from New Jersey, and your name is 7 characters long. | |
Sarah is from London and their name is 5 characters long. | |
John is from New York and their name is 4 characters long. | |
Melanie is from San Francisco and their name is 7 characters long. | |
Bryan is from Dublin and their name is 5 characters long. | |
Amy is from Miami and their name is 3 characters long. | |
Justin is from Chicago and their name is 6 characters long. | |
There are 7 people in total, including you. | |
Hints | |
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Use the .capitalize method to capitalize the first letter of a word | |
Example: "rich".capitalize -or- variable.capitalize | |
Use the .length method to find the length of strings, arrays, etc. | |
Feel free to ask me anything if you get stuck. | |
Good luck! | |
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names = [sarah, john, melanie, bryan, amy, justin] | |
num_people = 0 | |
loop_num = | |
puts "Hi there, what's your name?" | |
puts "Thanks, and where are you from?" | |
num_people = num_people + 1 | |
puts "" | |
puts "Thanks - here's some info about you and some of my friends:" | |
names each name | |
name = .capitalize | |
city = cities[loop_num].capitalize | |
puts "#{name} is from #{city} and their name is characters long." |
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