From: matt@... (matt neuburg)
Date: 2009-01-28T09:47:49+09:00
Subject: Re: how can I switch over an array ?

Tsunami Script <lyon2003@lycos.com> wrote:

> I have the following code snippet :
> 
> def call(char,value)
>   case char
>     when " ","#","!","@","$","%","^","&","*","(",")","{","}","
> [","]","\'","\"","<",">",",",".","?",";","\n","\r"
>        @map[char].call(value)
>     when "digit"
>        @map[char].call(value)
>     when "char"
>        @map[char].call(value)
>     else
>        puts "don't know what to do with #{char} and #{value}"
>     end
> end
> 
> can the first when be written in a simpler way ?

In days gone by, you might have written this sort of thing:

  when *" #!@$%".split("") -- extend string as desired

But I don't know if that will work any more (Ruby 1.9)...? m.

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