From: Rein Henrichs <reinh@...>
Date: 2010-06-11T16:30:07+09:00
Subject: Re: case when and class

On 2010-06-10 23:41:05 -0700, Une B�vue said:

> I've found in case / when if the case is about a class :
> 
> case my_var.class
> when String then puts my_var
> when Array  then my_var.each {|v| puts v}
> end
> 
> doesn't work i do have to use :
> 
> case my_var.class.to_s
> when 'String' then puts my_var
> when 'Array'  then my_var.each {|v| puts v}
> end
> 
> why ?
> 
> (with ruby 1.9.x)

Because of the behavior of the Module #== operator -- which you can 
look it up at ruby-doc.org -- you can somply do this:

case my_var
when String then puts my_var
when Array ...
end
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