From: Brian Adkins <lojicdotcom@...>
Date: 2008-11-11T09:57:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Comparing variable to multiple values

Greg Lazarev <russianbandit@gmail.com> writes:

> 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

I realize that you probably want a more general solution (which others
have already provided); however, if 'a' *does* follow a pattern:

puts 'good' if a =~ /word[1-3]/

or

puts 'good' if a =~ /word\d+/

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Brian Adkins
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