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Message: [QUOTE="Bill W., post: 4682792"] Hi everyone, This is my first post, so I hope I don't sound too inexperienced.. I'm trying to teach myself Ruby, and have run into an issue with a while statement that will break if an input is "exit" or "quit". As of right now, it works if exit is input, but not quit I know I am completely misusing the entire thing, but here is what I came up with: EXIT = "exit" #need constants since Ruby gets pissed at string literals QUIT = "quit" #in a comparison print "Input: " input = gets while input.chomp.downcase != (EXIT || QUIT) #only works for exit #Do something print "Input: " #pick up the next input and check it input = gets end I know that Ruby has a lot of shortcuts, but if you post any please explain how they work (or provide a link to a good explanation. Thanks! [/QUOTE]