From: Phrogz <phrogz@...>
Date: 2007-07-27T07:34:59+09:00
Subject: Re: n00b if condition quest

On Jul 26, 4:22 pm, Brett Boge <brett.b...@igt.com> wrote:
> I'm sure theres a way, so how does one do:
>
> if (a = b or a = c or a = d or a = f)
>
> in a shorter, easier to view
>
> if (a = (b c d or f)) kind of way?

case n
  when 1,2,3: puts '1-3'
  when 4..6: puts '4-6'
  else puts 'other'
end

You can, of course, use variables instead of literals, ala

case a
  when b, c, d, f
    ...
end