From: "Marcin Mielżyński" <lopexx@...>
Date: 2006-03-05T09:03:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple Script Help (New to Ruby)

Jordan Michaels wrote:

> ----------------
> # set the default result
> theResult = 0
> 
> # create the random number
> theNumber = rand(10)
> 
> while theResult != 3
>        print "Guess my number: "
>        theGuess = gets.to_i
> 
>        # return key
>        # 1 = number is lower
>        # 2 = number is higher
>        # 3 = number matched!
>        if theNumber < theGuess
>                theResult = 1
>        elseif theNumber > theGuess
>                theResult = 2
>        elseif theNumber = theGuess
>                theResult = 3
>        end
> 
>        case theResult
>                when 1
>                        puts "My number is lower."
>                when 2
>                        puts "My number is higher."
>                when 3
>                        puts "You guessed my number!"
>        end
> 
>        print "The Result: "
>        print theResult
>        print "\n"
> 
>        print "The Guess: "
>        print theGuess.class
>        print "+"
>        print theGuess
>        print "\n"
> 
>        print "The Number: "
>        print theNumber
>        print "\n"
> end
> ----------------
> 

(there is no elseif kayword but elsif)

It seems to be working for me. You could replace the if/elsif statements 
  with case statement

case
	when theNumber < theGuess
		# blah
	when theNumber > theGuess
		# blah
	else
		# blah
end


lopex