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===if-then-else===
<syntaxhighlight lang="ruby">
foo
elsif s == 'Bye World'
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else
deus_ex
end
</syntaxhighlight>
Note that <code>if...end</code> is an expression, so its return value can be captured in a variable:
<
s = 'yawn'
result = if s == 'Hello World'
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:deus_ex
end
# result now holds the symbol :deus_ex
</syntaxhighlight>
===ternary===
<syntaxhighlight lang="ruby">
</syntaxhighlight>
===case-when-else===
A generic case statement
<
case
when Time.now.wday == 5
puts "TGIF"
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else
puts "nothing special here"
end
</syntaxhighlight>
or, comparing to a specific object
<syntaxhighlight lang="ruby">
when 'Tom'
chase
when 'Jerry'
flee
end
</syntaxhighlight>
For the second case, the comparisions are preformed using the <code>===</code> "case equality" method like this: <code>'Tom' === cartoon_character</code>. The default behaviour of <code>===</code> is simple <code>Object#==</code> but some classes define it differently. For example the Module class (parent class of Class) defines <code>===</code> to return true if the class of the target is the specified class or a descendant:
<syntaxhighlight lang
case some_object
when Numeric
puts "I'm a number. My absolute value is #{some_object.abs}"
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else
puts "I'm a #{some_object.class}"
end
</syntaxhighlight>
The class Regexp aliases <code>===</code> to <code>=~</code> so you can write a case block to match against some regexes
<syntaxhighlight lang
case astring
when /\A\Z/ then puts "Empty"
when /\A[[:lower:]]+\Z/ then puts "Lower case"
when /\A[[:upper:]]+\Z/ then puts "Upper case"
else then puts "Mixed case or not purely alphabetic"
end
</syntaxhighlight>
The class Range aliases <code>===</code> to <code>include?</code>:
<syntaxhighlight lang
case 79
when 1..50 then puts "low"
when 51..75 then puts "medium"
when 76..100 then puts "high"
end
</syntaxhighlight>
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Latest revision as of 11:18, 20 August 2023
Conditional structures/Ruby is part of Conditional Structures. You may find other members of Conditional Structures at Category:Conditional Structures.
if-then-else
if s == 'Hello World'
foo
elsif s == 'Bye World'
bar
else
deus_ex
end
Note that if...end
is an expression, so its return value can be captured in a variable:
s = 'yawn'
result = if s == 'Hello World'
:foo
elsif s == 'Bye World'
:bar
else
:deus_ex
end
# result now holds the symbol :deus_ex
ternary
s == 'Hello World' ? foo : bar
case-when-else
A generic case statement
case
when Time.now.wday == 5
puts "TGIF"
when rand(3) == 2
puts "had a 33% chance of being right"
else
puts "nothing special here"
end
or, comparing to a specific object
case cartoon_character
when 'Tom'
chase
when 'Jerry'
flee
end
For the second case, the comparisions are preformed using the ===
"case equality" method like this: 'Tom' === cartoon_character
. The default behaviour of ===
is simple Object#==
but some classes define it differently. For example the Module class (parent class of Class) defines ===
to return true if the class of the target is the specified class or a descendant:
case some_object
when Numeric
puts "I'm a number. My absolute value is #{some_object.abs}"
when Array
puts "I'm an array. My length is #{some_object.length}"
when String
puts "I'm a string. When I'm down I look like this: #{some_object.downcase}"
else
puts "I'm a #{some_object.class}"
end
The class Regexp aliases ===
to =~
so you can write a case block to match against some regexes
case astring
when /\A\Z/ then puts "Empty"
when /\A[[:lower:]]+\Z/ then puts "Lower case"
when /\A[[:upper:]]+\Z/ then puts "Upper case"
else then puts "Mixed case or not purely alphabetic"
end
The class Range aliases ===
to include?
:
case 79
when 1..50 then puts "low"
when 51..75 then puts "medium"
when 76..100 then puts "high"
end