From: Wai-Sun Chia <waisun.chia@...>
Date: 2002-12-29T15:59:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Hash question

Does this work?
self.backColor = @options["GUI"]["backColor"] ||= FXColor::Red

warning: this is off my head, and not tried...


Kurt V. Hindenburg wrote:
> I'm using FXRuby and YAML, but this question deals with using a hash :
> 
> Is there a better/easier way to do this?
> 
> self.backColor = @options["GUI"].has_key?("backColor") ? 
> @options["GUI"]["backColor"] : FXColor::Red 
> 
> Basically, if backColor is a key then use that key's value else use the 
> default.
> 
> I'm going to have a lot of these...I wonder if there is a better way to handle 
> this...
> 

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