From: Ara.T.Howard@...
Date: 2005-05-03T03:04:34+09:00
Subject: Re: enum in ruby ?

On Mon, 2 May 2005, Andreas Habel wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 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?
>
> Maybe something short like the 'attr_accessor' syntax would be great!
>
> class MyClass
>  const_def    :CONST_A1, :CONST_A2, :CONST_A3
>  const_def    :CONST_B1, :CONST_B2, :CONST_B3
> end
>
> eq.
>
> class MyClass
>
>  CONST_A1 = 1
>  CONST_A2 = 2
>  CONST_A3 = 3
>
>  CONST_B1 = 1
>  CONST_B2 = 2
>  CONST_B3 = 3
> end

   harp:~ > cat a.rb
   class MyClass
    CONSTANTS = [
      CONST_A1 = 1,
      CONST_A2 = 2,
      CONST_A3 = 3,
      CONST_B1 = 1,
      CONST_B2 = 2,
      CONST_B3 = 3,
     ]
   end

   p MyClass::CONST_A1
   p MyClass::CONST_B2

# OR

   class Module
     def enumerate(*list)
       [ list ].flatten.each_with_index{|c,i| const_set "#{ c }".upcase, i + 1}
     end
   end

   class MyClass2
    enumerate :CONST_A1, :CONST_A2, :CONST_A3
    enumerate %w( CONST_B1 CONST_B2 CONST_B3 )
   end

   p MyClass2::CONST_A1
   p MyClass2::CONST_B2

   harp:~ > ruby a.rb
   1
   2
   1
   2

HTH.

-a
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