From: 7stud 7stud <dolgun@...>
Date: 2007-03-07T20:28:43+09:00
Subject: Re: elseif v. elsif ??

7stud 7stud wrote:
> 7stud 7stud wrote:
>>>That's because you're not exercising the section under @names.nil?
>>>Try: mg = MegaGreeter.new(nil)
>> 
>>>You spoiled it ;)
>>>but this is a good way to explain it too...
>> 
>> What does that have to do with anything?
>> 
> 
> I tried it, and I got an error for the 'elseif'.  Why is that?  If the 
> first branch succeeds, why is the elsif branch even evaluated?

Hmm...I think I get it: Ruby doesn't realize elseif is another branch, 
it just thinks its the next statement after the if statement.  But as 
far as I know, all if statements are terminated with 'end'.


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