From: "Dmitry V. Sabanin" <sdmitry@...>
Date: 2004-06-01T02:32:42+09:00
Subject: Re: elegant way to say "try this thing, one at a time, until condition is met"

On Monday 31 May 2004 20:08, Robert Klemme wrote:
> "Dmitry V. Sabanin" <sdmitry@lrn.ru> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
....
> > # emulating condition
> > $counter = 0
> > def cond_met
> >   $counter += 1
> >   $counter > 1 ? true : false
> > end
>
> Just a sidenote: you don't have to convert the result of a boolean
> expression to boolean by means of the ternary operator.  This will do
> exactly the same:
>
> def cond_met
>   ( $counter += 1 ) > 1
> end
Damn C background.. I always forget about this thing. Thanks, Robert

> Regards
>
>     robert

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