From: flebber <flebber.crue@...>
Date: 2011-01-13T19:35:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Case statements - Just beautification

On Jan 13, 6:41 pm, Tim Roberts <t...@probo.com> wrote:
> flebber <flebber.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >I just want to clarify case statements the name after the word case is
> >this just for beautification and to help with code readability? What
> >purpose does it serve.
>
> >So in my code its "winunit" and matz's code its "birthyear".
>
> ># Method 1 - Confident - assign range
> ># number -> number
> >def pricerange(x)
> >puts "Enter the quoted price: "
> >x = gets.chomp
> >winalloc = case winunit
> >  when x == (1.50...2.50) then ...
> >  when x == (2.50...3.80) then ...
> >  when x == (3.80...5.50) then ...
> >  else something
> >end
>
> Perhaps its purpose would be clearer if you wrote it like Matz's code:
>
> x = gets.chomp
> winalloc = case x
>   when (1.50...2.50) then ...
>   when (2.50...3.80) then ...
>   when (3.80...5.50) then ...
>   else something
> end
> --
> Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

I tough my code looked like Matz's

Matz's code
# Case expression tests ranges with ===
generation = case birthyear
             when 1946..1963: "Baby Boomer"
             when 1964..1976: "Generation X"
             when 1978..2000: "Generation Y"
             else nil
             end
My Code - (...) are placeholders
x = gets.chomp
winalloc = case winunit
          when x == 1.50...2.50: ...
          when x == 2.50...3.80: ...
          when x == 3.80...5.50: ...
          else something