From: Jamal Mazrui <Jamal.Mazrui@...>
Date: 2006-05-04T05:59:22+09:00
Subject: Immediate if method

Does Ruby have a built-in equivalent of what some other languages call
an "immediate if" function?  I want to conditionally return one of two
strings on the status bar of an application, depending on whether a
variable is true or false.

So far, I have written the module method below, but I'm guessing there
is a more efficient and elegant way with Ruby.

Jamal

def if_string(condition, if_true, if_false)
if condition
return if_true
else
return if_false
end
end