Cannot do string compare

Ruby
1

Hi,

I have this code:

<>
k = “this is a test”
l = k[/(\S+\s+){1}/].upcase
puts “first word is #{l}”
if l.eql?(“THIS”)
puts “This”
end
<>

why doesn’t it output the word “This” inside the if statement.

Thanks!

2

l is "THIS "

see return value on irb

k[/(\S+\s+){1}/]
k[/(\S+\s+){1}/].upcase

3

is this what you are trying to do??

k = “this is a test”
l = k[/(\S+\s+){1}/].upcase
puts “first word is #{l}”

if l.include?(“THIS”)
puts “This”
end

4

i already ave the answer…

just need to update this line
l = k[/(\S+\s+){1}/].upcase

to:
l = k[/(\S+\s+){1}/].upcase.strip to remove the ‘\n’ or \0’ character…

anyways thanks…