From: mark hahn <mchahn@...>
Date: 2001-11-22T09:01:40+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:26095] Re: positive

I spent some time looking for max(a,b) in ruby before discovering and using
[a,b].max.  I was/am very confused about this.  Is this a violation of pols
or is it just more object oriented?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Niklas Frykholm" <niklas@kagi.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:38 PM
Subject: [ruby-talk:26069] Re: positive


> [Tobias Reif]
> > how can I say "if you're positive: stay; if you're negative: become
zero"?
> >
> > something like
> > 10.pos -> 10
> > -10.pos -> 0
>
> IMHO, the Ruby way is:
>
>     [x,0].max
>
> // Niklas
>