From: Nobuyoshi Nakada Date: 2008-07-13T09:33:43+09:00 Subject: Re: Beginner: if statement in one line? Hi, At Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:30:57 +0900, Trys wrote in [ruby-talk:307868]: > or even shorter switching "then" for ":" > > if 5 == 5 : puts '5' end That usage of ":" had never been an official feature, and no longer possible. Do not use it. And another one: 5 == 5 and puts '5' -- Nobu Nakada