From: Jari Williamsson <jari.williamsson@...>
Date: 2008-01-31T21:23:07+09:00
Subject: Re: can ik make this more beautifull?

Remco Hh wrote:
> nowadays i try to improve my coding style to produce nicer and beter
> readable code. I try to improve the following code but i dont know how.
> 
> if condtion1
>       x=1
>     else
>       if condition2
>          x=2
>       else
>          if condition3
>            x=3
>         end
>       end
>       x=nill
>   end
> 
> there are three different conditions which can not occur at the same
> time
> can i make this nicer?

A case expression is probably the most clear alternative. The shortest 
is perhaps something like:

x = condition1 ? 1 : condition2 ? 2 : 3


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson