From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-10-12T01:00:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Compact if statement for Codegolf

Hi --

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Drew Olson wrote:

> I'm working on my codegolfing skills and was wondering, what is the
> shortest possible way to write the following in ruby:
>
> if a==0
>   1
> else
>   2
> end

The smallest I can think of is:

   a==0?1:2


David

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