From: Gregory Seidman <gsslist+ruby@...>
Date: 2006-05-04T06:03:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Immediate if method

On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 05:59:22AM +0900, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
} 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.

cond ? if_true : if_false

} Jamal
--Greg