From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-04-23T04:47:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Where did the monsters go?

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Ben Galyean <bengalyean@hotmail.com> wrote:
>  > Stuck again. My random monster-fight generator works, but it's so BASIC.
>  >  How can I do this without the if-statements? Is it a bad thing to stick
>  >  class objects into an array?
>  >
>  >  Also, I know Moblist[0].fight works, but why not Moblist[0..2].fight ?
>  >
>  >
>  >  ##############################################
>  >  class Mob
>  >   def fight
>  >     "THIS IS A FIGHT METHOD"
>  >   end
>  >  end
>  >
>  >  GOBO = Mob.new
>  >  DRAGON = Mob.new
>  >  SLIME= Mob.new
>  >
>  >  Moblist = [GOBO, DRAGON, SLIME]
>  >
>  >  def rand_fight
>  >   a =  rand(Moblist.length)#<-----------Has to be a better way|
>  >     if a ==0 then GOBO.fight
>  >       elsif a==1 then DRAGON.fight
>  >       elsif a==2 then SLIME.fight
>  >     end#------------------------------------------------------|
>  >
>  >  end
>  >
>  >  p rand_fight
>  >  ##############################################
>
>  I'm not sure why you use constants, but...
>
>  class C
>   def fight
>     puts 'hi, nice to meet you'
>     puts 'I am " << self.__id__.to_s

Once again that weird todd person makes a slight mishap :) That double
quote is supposed to be a single one.  And I really wanted to say
something a little more sinister, like "So, we meet again }>),
muahaha."  but the nice thing is kind of funny.

Todd