3/7 Omit Needless Words, what is wrong with my code?

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original code:

unless n.is_a? Integer
return “n must be an integer.”
end

^^^The instructions are to refractor the code to use a single-line if and
unless

so here is my code that i changed it to:

puts “n must be an integer.” unless integer
puts "n must be greater than 0."

the output reads: “n must be greater than zero”
…
but then i get an Error pop up that says “The program took too long to finish. Check your code for infinite loops and try again.”

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? HELP!

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Should you be returning something?

return "n must be an integer." unless n.is_a? Integer

return "n must be greater than 0." if n <= 0
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$VERBOSE = nil    # We'll explain this at the end of the lesson.
require 'prime'   # This is a module. We'll cover these soon!

def first_n_primes(n)

  return "n must be an integer." unless n.is_a? Integer

  return "n must be greater than 0." if n <= 0
  
  prime_array = [] if prime_array.nil?
  
  prime = Prime.new
  for num in (1..n)
    prime_array.push(prime.next)
  end
  return prime_array
end

first_n_primes('x')
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