From: Sharon Phillips <phillipsds@...>
Date: 2007-07-04T19:36:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby case statement

> case type
>   when 1
>     # do stuff for type 1
>   when 1,2
>     # do stuff for both type 1 and 2
> end
>
> If it isn't valid, what is the easiest way to obtain this
> functionality
>

i=1
case i
   when 1:   puts "1"
   when 1,2: puts "1 or 2"
   when 3:   puts "3"
   else      puts "other"
end

 > 1

so it looks like the second one gets skipped.

The best i can come up with (but I'm pretty sure someone else will  
come up with a much better alternative) is

i=1
case i
when 1,2
   puts "1 or 2"
   puts "1" if i==1
when 3
   puts "3"
else
   puts "other"
end

 > 1 or 2
 > 1

Cheers,
Dave