From: Joseph McDonald <joe@...>
Date: 2001-10-20T15:25:21+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22815] Re: PLease condense my code


FM>         do_print = true
FM>         ($<).each_line { |line|
FM>             case line
FM>             when /=begin/ then
FM>                 do_print = false
FM>             when /=end/ then 
FM>                 do_print = true
FM>             when /=[-a-zA-Z0-9. ]*=/ then
FM>                 # do nothing
FM>             else
FM>                 if do_print then
FM>                     puts line
FM>                 end
FM>             end
FM>         }

This one is a little shorter:

while gets
  next if /=[-a-zA-Z0-9. ]*=/
  do_print = false if /=begin/
  do_print = true if /=end/ or do_print.nil?
  print if do_print and not /=end/
end

I'm sure it will get shorter still... :-)
regards,
-joe