From: Niko <niko@...>
Date: 2007-01-25T00:41:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Exception Handling/Divide By Zero/NaN Done on One Line



a = begin
   x / y
rescue ZeroDivisionError
   0
end

John Kopanas wrote:
> I have the following:
> 
> a = (y != 0) ? (x/y) : 0
> 
> There must be a sexier way of doing this!  Any suggestions?
> 
> On a side note... how do we do exception handling on the same line as 
> statement?
> 
> a = x/y rescue 0
> 
> That does not work but does it make sense?  Is it because dividing by
> zero does not throw an exception?
> 
> Thanks for your help! :-)
> 
> Your Friend,
> 
> John
>