From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-02-09T20:09:56+09:00
Subject: Re: If || statements

On 09.02.2008 01:36, Tim Hunter wrote:
> John Maclean wrote:
>> Hey chaps,
>>
>> Is is at all possible to have a statement such as
>>
>> p "some string " if ( stuff || more_stuff || other_stuff)
>>
>>
>>
> 
> You don't have to ask. Try it yourself. Start up irb and enter a statement:
> 
> $ irb
> irb(main):001:0> x = 2
> => 2
> irb(main):002:0> y = 3
> => 3
> irb(main):003:0> z = "a"
> => "a"
> irb(main):004:0> p "some string" if (x || y || z)
> "some string"
> => nil
> irb(main):005:0>

And you can spare the brackets

irb(main):001:0> "yes" if false || false || true
=> "yes"

Cheers

	robert