"In Ruby, the condition and the then part of an if expression must be separated by either an expression separator (i.e. ; or a newline) or the then keyword. So, all of these would work: if @item.rigged then 'Yes' else 'No' end if @item.rigged; 'Yes' else 'No' end if @item.rigged 'Yes' else 'No' end" " "n Ruby, however, if is an expression. In fact, everything is an expression in Ruby, so it already can return a value. There is no need for the conditional operator to even exist, let alone use it." #control_statements #if_statements #ruby #grammar #pub