From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-05-04T08:10:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Immediate if method


On May 3, 2006, at 2:03 PM, Gregory Seidman wrote:

> 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

Also,

result = if condition then true_value else false_value end

Sprinkle with newlines to taste.

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