From: dblack@...
Date: 2002-12-08T15:20:48+09:00
Subject: Re: elseif?

Hi --

On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:

> Hi,
>
> At Sun, 8 Dec 2002 06:18:52 +0900,
> Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> > x = 1.5
> >
>   case
> >    when x < 0;             puts "x < 0"
> >    when 0 <= x && x < 1;   puts "x in interval [0,1)"
> >    when 1 <= x && x < 2;   puts "x in interval [1,2)"
> >    when 2 <= x;            puts "x >= 2"
> > end
>
> If no expression after "case", "when" clause evaled as true
> will be executed.

Yet more proof of my theory, which is that as you work on a problem in
Ruby, and it gets better and more idiomatic, code disappears from the
screen.


David

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