From: Devin Mullins <twifkak@...>
Date: 2006-12-31T06:00:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie: It works, how can I make it better?

William James wrote:
> def convert( from, to, func )
>   print "Enter a temperature in #{from}: "
>   temp = gets.to_f
>   puts "#{temp} #{from} is #{func[temp].round} #{to}."
> end
> 
> case gets.to_i
>   when 1
>     convert( "F", "C", proc{|f| (f - 32) / 1.8 } )
>   when 2
>     convert( "C", "F", proc{|f| f * 1.8 + 32 } )
>   else
>     puts "That is a not a valid choice.  Good bye!"
> end

Err... why not make it a block?

def convert( from, to )
   print "Enter a temperature in #{from}: "
   temp = gets.to_f
   puts "#{temp} #{from} is #{yield(temp).round} #{to}."
end

case gets.to_i
   when 1
     convert( "F", "C") {|f| (f - 32) / 1.8 }
   when 2
     convert( "C", "F") {|f| f * 1.8 + 32 }
   else
     puts "That is a not a valid choice.  Good bye!"
end

Also, check out http://highline.rubyforge.org/ for your prompting needs.

Devin