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Ruby's switch statement is flexible
Ruby does not have a switch statement; it has a case expression (which can be used in a statement).
ape4
on April 26, 2023
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That naming is rather maddening.
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It’s the same in SQL and Ada. “Case” is an abbreviation for “case distinction” here.
“Switch” was never intuitive to me, because nothing gets switched.
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"Switch" to this statement in "case" of this expression, seems quite easy to grasp.
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It's the same in Haskell, Erlang and Elixir.
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