From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-08-16T21:05:06+09:00
Subject: Re: case vs if-else

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:43 PM, ajay paswan <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Which one is faster?

Measure it.  There is Benchmark.

> for example:
>
> if grade=="A"
>   puts("you are smart")
> elsif grade=="F"
>   puts("you are dumb")
> end
> ###########################Vs
> case grade
> when "A"
>   puts("you are smart")
> when "B"
>   puts("you are smart")
> end

SMARTNESS = {
 "A" => "you are smart",
 "B" => "you are dumb",
}

puts SMARTNESS[grade]

Cheers

robert


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