Array that alphabetizes and alternates between all caps

Question

I need to get the user to input five words, which I believe I have. Then the program needs to spit the words in alphabetical order with every other word being in all-caps, s

Answer 1

If I understand well (but the question is not so clear) you want to sort and then put one word out of two in uppercase and the other in lowercase:

words.sort.each_with_index.map{|w,i| i.odd? ? w.upcase : w.downcase }

Test:

words=%w( orange banana apple melon)

Result:

["APPLE", "banana", "MELON", "orange"]