From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2006-11-11T15:53:49+09:00
Subject: Re: can i shorten up this function ?

nephish wrote:
> hey there, i have a function that checks to see if a string is in a
> comma separated list
> 
> it looks like this
> def get_in_list(status)
>         my_list = 'x,j,m,jrn,fnk,foo,other'
>         my_list_array = my_list.split(',')
>         if my_list_array.include?(status)
>             return true
>         else
>            return false
>         end
> end
> 
> i dunno, just thought there might be a prettier way to do this.
> any suggestions ?
> thanks

Not prettier, but might be faster:

def get_in_list(status)
   my_list = 'x,j,m,jrn,fnk,foo,other'
   /(?:^|,)#{Regexp.quote(status)}(?:,|$)/ === my_list
end

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