From: Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>
Date: 2010-08-30T20:01:27+09:00
Subject: Re: case (variable) when type1  ... when type2 ... end

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Eugen,


Monday, August 30, 2010, 12:39:36 AM, you wrote:

EC> Hi all,
EC> how can I write case statement to check of specific type the variable has?
EC> Something like:

EC> case var
EC> when :Fixnum
EC>   puts "#{var} is Fixnum"
EC> when :String
EC>   puts "#{var} is String"
EC> end

EC> I tried this also

EC> case var.class
EC> when 'Fixnum'
EC>   puts "#{var} is Fixnum"
EC> when 'String'
EC>   puts "#{var} is String"
EC> end

EC> but ruby refuses to understand me :(
EC> What is the best way to write conditional that depends of variable type?


EC> Thank you!

You were very close.

case var
when Fixnum
  puts "#{var} is Fixnum"
when String
  puts "#{var} is String"
end

Ralph
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