From: Alex Fenton <alex@...>
Date: 2008-11-11T09:42:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Comparing variable to multiple values

Greg Lazarev wrote:
> I'm wondering if there's a better way to do this in ruby:
> 
> if a == "word1" || a == "word2" or || a == "word3"
>   puts "good"
> end

if ["word1", "word2", "word3"].include?(a)
   puts 'good'
end

OR

case a
when "word1", "word2", "word3"
  puts 'good'
end

hth
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