From: Chuck Brotman <brotman@...>
Date: 2005-06-21T03:35:35+09:00
Subject: Re: :Another Newbe question ..." if then syntax"

James,
  Yes I think that helps!
Thanks,
Chuck
"James Edward Gray II" <james@grayproductions.net> wrote in message 
news:86987EF9-CC8B-4BCE-9DFB-4ADEC4D005ED@grayproductions.net...
> On Jun 20, 2005, at 1:10 PM, Chuck Brotman wrote:
>
>> some cinfusion on syntax...
>>
>> Is it necessary (desirable) to end a single-line if/then statement  with
>> "end.
>
> Usually, but read on.
>
>> The dopcumentation shows it when using else or multiline if..
>>
>> Is the following okay?:
>>
>>      if condition then "the then  code"
>
> No, that's not okay.  However, Ruby allows statement modifiers, so we  can 
> reverse that:
>
> do_this() if condition?
>
> That is allow and no end is needed.
>
>> or should it be
>>
>>      if condition then "the then  code"  end   ????
>
> The above is fine.  You can also replace then with it's symbol  shortcut, 
> in recent versions of Ruby:
>
> if condition? : do_this() end
>
>> what about the use of curlybrackets "{}" how would that syntax go?
>
> No braces for if's, use end instead.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> James Edward Gray II
>
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