Martyn <martyn.jago@triteq.com> wrote: > when 5: , 9: No. case x when 5: #do blah when 7,9: #do blah blah else end > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounce@example.com [mailto:list-bounce@example.com] On Behalf > Of Shuaib Zahda > Sent: 12 November 2007 11:38 > To: ruby-talk ML > Subject: case when when > > Hi all > > I am just wondering how can we make two cases belong to the same bunch > of code. I tried to do it like c but it did not work. it is like this in > c > > switch(x) > { > case 5: > #do bla bla > break; > case 7 : case 9: > #do bla bla > break; > default: > #bla > } > > however, I tried to do the same way in ruby but it did not work. > case x > when 5: > #do bla > when 7: when 9: > #do bla bla > else > #bla > end > > I know that when provides conditions and I can use them but I am just > wondering what is the way because i did not find it in books and online > > regards > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- Ken Bloom. PhD candidate. Linguistic Cognition Laboratory. Department of Computer Science. Illinois Institute of Technology. http://www.iit.edu/~kbloom1/