From: Tim Bates <tim@...>
Date: 2002-12-08T06:09:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie tutorial - if statements

On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 06:46 am, Alan Chen wrote:
> I can't recall the last time I saw a "then" in any working ruby code - so
> I'd leave it out.

I use it when I want to put an entire if - then - else statement on one line; 
you need it to separate the condition from the first code block. It's easier 
to read in mancy cases than using the ternary operator, which I also 
sometimes use in those situations - it depends on what I'm doing, why I'm 
doing it and how much sleep I need.

Tim Bates
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