From: w_a_x_man@...
Date: 2009-01-29T03:37:39+09:00
Subject: Re: how can I switch over an array ?

On Jan 27, 5:31 pm, Tsunami Script <lyon2...@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 ?

def call char, value
  if @map.include? char
    @map[char].call(value)
  else
    puts "don't know what to do with #{char} and #{value}"
  end
end