From: Jan Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2006-10-12T05:24:22+09:00
Subject: Re: case ... when and arrays (or what was why_ showing us at railsconf europe)

On 10/11/06, J2M <james2mccarthy@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to test a string foo against an array bar in as case...
> when clause and would like to know the best way to do this. I am sure
> why_ did something neat with an * operator, but can't find any
> reference. I could do it long hand, but that just aint rubyish.
>
> e.g.
>
> foo = "that"
> bar = %(this that other)
> case foo
>
> when (some clever way of test for foo in the array bar)
> .
> .
> else
>
> end
>
> Anybody got a good suggestion?

when *bar

http://redhanded.hobix.com/bits/wonderOfTheWhenBeFlat.html