From: planetthoughtful <planetthoughtful@...>
Date: 2007-03-15T13:05:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie: if / elseif

On Mar 15, 1:12 pm, "Augie De Blieck Jr." <augi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > if $val =~ /this/i
> >   puts "this"
> > elseif $val =~ /that/i
> >   puts "that"
> > elseif $val =~ /the other/i
> >   puts "the other"
> > end
>
> Just remember that even when you spell it right, it's going to drop
> out of the whole construct just as soon as it fulfills a RegEx.  After
> it prints "this," it stops looking at any of the other "elsif"
> statements.

Yes, that was the behaviour I was looking for. I noticed I provided an
ambiguous example in that in another construct it would possibly have
matched two different conditions. However, in my actual script I am
looking for values that are mutually exclusive, so exiting on finding
a value is fine.

All the best,

pt