From: Stig Sandbeck Mathisen <ssm@...>
Date: 2005-01-31T16:00:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Ten Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby

Navindra Umanee <navindra@cs.mcgill.ca> writes:

> Zach Dennis <zdennis@mktec.com> wrote:
>>   - you can use string interpolation, ex: "x: #{@myvar}" instead of 
>> having to say "x:" + myvar'
>
> Ruby seems to lose here.  The syntax #{@myvar} is a rare case of
> ugliness.

I've become very fond of using:

     "x: %s" % @myvar

....or even

      "x: %s, y: %d" % [@myvar,
                        @myothervar]


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