From: Lee Jarvis <ljjarvis@...>
Date: 2007-12-21T20:48:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem with case statements

Jes炭s Gabriel y Gal叩n wrote:
> if you want to put the body of the when in the same line you need a
> then keyword:

1.8.6 works with a keyword or a colon, I think this is what Hemant 
means.. 1.9 obviously doesn't support using them (I can't test it right 
now)

>> def find(*args)
>> case args.first
>> when :first: puts "first"
>> when :all: puts "all"
>> else raise "invalid"
>> end
>> end
=> nil
>> find :first, 1, 2, 3, 4
first


As you can see, Hemants example works fine with colons in 1.8.6, perhaps 
not in 1.9, though...

I normally use 'then' in either case..

Regards,
Lee
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