Issues with basic ruby if statement

I’m trying to set up this code to check if a specific name exists within the array. In this instance, I want to see if Fred is on the list and if it isn’t, put "Name wasn’t on the list" underneath.

friends = Array["Kevin", "Karen", "Oscar"]

if (puts friends.include? "Fred" == false)
  puts ("Name wasn't on the list")
end

I’m new to ruby so I’m unsure if this is the correct method. Any help would be appreciated.

>Solution :

friends = Array["Kevin", "Karen", "Oscar"]

This is not wrong, just overdone. friends = ["Kevin", "Karen", "Oscar"] is fine.

if (puts friends.include? "Fred" == false)
  puts ("Name wasnt on the list")
end

The if (puts friends.include? "Fred" == false) line looks innocent, but contains a surprising amount of mistakes, the most important being that puts always returns nil. This version works :

unless friends.include? "Fred" 
  puts "Name wasnt on the list"
end