From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-08-09T21:51:47+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19425] Re: Setting $_ for the current scope

Dave Thomas <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com> writes:

> Renald Buter <buter@CWTS.LeidenUniv.nl> writes:
> 
> > Looking back at my question, I see it is a bit fuzzy. What I am
> > really looking for is a case-like structure _with_ fall-through,
> > but _without_ having to write down the variable name for each
> > regexp test.
> 
> Possibly the Ruby case statement might help :)

Oops - sorry - I missed the part in your post about fall-through.

Dave