From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-07-27T08:38:04+09:00
Subject: Re: n00b if condition quest

Hi --

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Phrogz wrote:

> 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

That doesn't test for equality, though.


David

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