From: Bill Atkins <batkins57@...>
Date: 2005-05-03T02:45:59+09:00
Subject: Re: enum in ruby ?

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Don't know if there's anything built-in, but you can try (untested):

[:CONST_1, :CONST_2].each_with_index { |name, i| eval name.to_s + " =3D " +=
 (i=20
+ 1).to_s }

On 5/2/05, Andreas Habel <mail@exceptionfault.de> wrote:
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> I`ve a simple question about constants in ruby. Is there a possibility
> to define constants in a module or a class like a enum in c?
>=20
> Maybe something short like the 'attr_accessor' syntax would be great!
>=20
> class MyClass
> const_def :CONST_A1, :CONST_A2, :CONST_A3
> const_def :CONST_B1, :CONST_B2, :CONST_B3
> end
>=20
> eq.
>=20
> class MyClass
>=20
> CONST_A1 =3D 1
> CONST_A2 =3D 2
> CONST_A3 =3D 3
>=20
> CONST_B1 =3D 1
> CONST_B2 =3D 2
> CONST_B3 =3D 3
> end
>=20
> Thanks,
> Andreas
>=20
>=20


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Bill Atkins

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