From: Joseph McDonald <joe@...>
Date: 2001-10-20T15:51:34+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22816] 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>>         }

JM> This one is a little shorter:

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

Actually, does this one not work:

while gets
  print if (!(/=begin/../=end/) && !(/^=[-a-zA-Z0-9. ]*=/))
end

It is basically a copy of the perl version.

-joe