Re: "Goto line" function?

Hi,

Fortunately the “goto” has been deprecated. It always results in
spaghetti code. Check out ‘case’ control structure instead. You may
want to think through the program flow so that you have each possibility
and a default case for unanticipated situation. You will need to wrap
your code inside the case structure. It’s mo’ better solution than
coding ad hoc.

i = 3
case i
when 1, 2…5
print “1…5\n”
when 6…10
print “6…10\n”
end

Regards,

Joe

----- Original Message ----
From: Paul van Delst [email protected]
To: ruby-talk ML [email protected]
Sent: Friday, March 9, 2007 6:40:05 PM
Subject: Re: “Goto line” function?

Helgitomas G. wrote:

  1. puts ’ ’
  2. (the program continues)
    
  3. BUT if answer == ‘no’
  4.   goto.line.7 (And skip the rules, just restart it and begin
    

from line 7.)

What is the command? I know it’s not “goto.line.X” but what is it? “back
to line.X”? “goto.lineX”? What is the command?

Addressing just the loop/goto issue, how about summat like:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
done=false
until done
puts ’ ’
puts ’ ’
puts ‘
puts ‘** (Rules of the program) **’
puts '

puts ’ ’
puts ‘Ohh, hello there! What are you named many names?’
names = gets.chomp
if names == ‘2’
puts ’ ’
puts ‘Are you named two names?’
puts ’ ’
answer = gets.chomp
done = true if answer == ‘yes’
end
end
#This is where “the program continues”
puts ‘the end’

This gives me the output:

lnx:scratch : blah.rb


** (Rules of the program) **


Ohh, hello there! What are you named many names?
2

Are you named two names?

no


** (Rules of the program) **


Ohh, hello there! What are you named many names?
2

Are you named two names?

yes
the end

cheers,

paulv


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