From: Robert Klemme Date: 2004-10-09T21:59:41+09:00 Subject: Re: ARGV || something "Bil Kleb" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:416742E6.5060606@NASA.Gov... > Hello. > > I used to do this with VERSION < 1.8, > > components = ARGV || %w[ Adjoint Design FUN3D_90 GetGrad > GridMove HRefine LibF90 Mixed Party > PHYSICS_MODULES Rad ] As others I don't think this has ever worked. The cleanest idiom for me is this: components = ARGV.empty? ? %w[ Adjoint Design FUN3D_90 GetGrad GridMove HRefine LibF90 Mixed Party PHYSICS_MODULES Rad ] : ARGV Kind regards robert