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Because puts("hi") yields nil, the second item never gets called:
puts "hi" and puts "bye" if true

I can work around it with these:
!puts "hi" and puts "bye" if true
puts "hi";puts "bye" if true
[puts("hi"), puts("bye")] if true

--But was hoping there was a more aesthetic one liner out there that can use
'and'..

Thanks in advance!!

On 04.12.2008, at 05:38 , list. rb wrote:

> Because puts("hi") yields nil, the second item never gets called:
> puts "hi" and puts "bye" if true
>
> I can work around it with these:
> !puts "hi" and puts "bye" if true
> puts "hi";puts "bye" if true
> [puts("hi"), puts("bye")] if true
>
> --But was hoping there was a more aesthetic one liner out there that
> can use
> 'and'..
>
> Thanks in advance!!


How about

puts "hi", "bye" if true

einarmagnus

From: list. rb [private.php?do=newpm&u=]=20
# Because puts("hi") yields nil, the second item never
# gets called:

you can create your own puts/print that returns true or whatever

List Rb wrote:
> Because puts("hi") yields nil, the second item never gets called:
> puts "hi" and puts "bye" if true
>
> I can work around it with these:
> !puts "hi" and puts "bye" if true
> puts "hi";puts "bye" if true
> [puts("hi"), puts("bye")] if true
>
> --But was hoping there was a more aesthetic one liner out there that can
> use
> 'and'..
>
> Thanks in advance!!

In my opinion, using logical operators with side-effects is bad style.
I'd try to avoid it.

Regards
Stefan
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List Rb wrote:
> Because puts("hi") yields nil, the second item never gets called:
> puts "hi" and puts "bye" if true

I guess what you're trying to compress is this:

if true
puts "hi"
puts "bye"
end

If you really want a one-liner, then your best option is probably

(puts "hi"; puts "bye") if true

(The parentheses ARE needed here. Otherwise puts "hi" is run always)

If these are actually both calls to puts then you only need a single
one:

puts "hi","bye" if true

Everything else gets yucky. For example, you can rely on the nil return
value of puts:

puts "hi" or puts "bye" if true

puts("hi") || puts("bye") if true
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What about?

puts %w{ hi bye }

R.
--=20
Ne baisse jamais la t=EAte, tu ne verrais plus les =E9toiles.

Robert Dober

On Dec 4, 2008, at 3:51 PM, "Robert Dober" <> =20
wrote:

> What about?
>
> puts %w{ hi bye }
>
> R.
> --=20
> Ne baisse jamais la t=C3=AAte, tu ne verrais plus les =C3=A9toiles.
>
> Robert Dober
>


In English, I woud say..

jump and shout unless someone is sleeping.

Ruby is so elegant that I fidng myself wanting to write similarly,.

jump and shout unless someone.sleeping?




Just wish it's was interpreted as such=20=

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:28 PM, David A. Black <> wrote:
I do not think highly of the following code in general, but if this is
about some literal programming idea it might come in handy. Children
just do not use it when home alone

irb(main):010:0> class Object
irb(main):011:1> def and &blk
irb(main):012:2> blk.call
irb(main):013:2> end
irb(main):014:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):015:0> puts( 42 ).and { puts 42 }.and { puts 42 }
42
42
42

Cheers
R.