is in ruby operator for:

a = b if b

a (operator) b

?
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On 10/03/2008, Frantisek Psotka <frantisek.psotka@matfyz.cz> wrote:
> is in ruby operator for:
>
> a = b if b
>
> a (operator) b

a ||= b

Farrel

Farrel Lifson wrote:
> On 10/03/2008, Frantisek Psotka <frantisek.psotka@matfyz.cz> wrote:

> > a = b if b
>
> a ||= b

Nope.
a ||= b is equivalent to a = a || b is equivalent to
a = if a then a else b end is NOT equivalent to a = b if b


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Sebastian
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On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Farrel Lifson <farrel.lifson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> a ||= b
>

That's not right. It will give you a NameError, that b is undefined.
a ||= b
is equivalent to
a = a || b
which is the same as
a = b if not a

>
> a = b if b
>

I know of no operator for it yet.

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Farrel Lifson <farrel.lifson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/03/2008, Frantisek Psotka <frantisek.psotka@matfyz.cz> wrote:
> > is in ruby operator for:
> >
> > a = b if b
> >
> > a (operator) b
>
> a ||= b
>
> Farrel

a ||= b is

a = a || b
that is
a = b if !a
that is
a = b unless a

It is equal to "a = b if b" if both a and b are of boolean type
(doesn't work for e.g. numbers).

On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 19:50 +0900, Farrel Lifson wrote:
> On 10/03/2008, Frantisek Psotka <frantisek.psotka@matfyz.cz> wrote:
> > is in ruby operator for:
> >
> > a = b if b
> >
> > a (operator) b
>
> a ||= b

Not quite:

irb(main):007:0> a = 1
=> 1
irb(main):008:0> b = 2
=> 2
irb(main):009:0> a ||= b
=> 1
irb(main):010:0>
irb(main):011:0* a
=> 1
irb(main):012:0> a = b if b
=> 2
irb(main):013:0> a
=> 2

a ||= b is equivalent to a = b if !a, which isn't quite the same thing
as a = b if b.

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On Mar 10, 11:50 am, Farrel Lifson <farrel.lif...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/03/2008, Frantisek Psotka <frantisek.pso...@matfyz.cz> wrote:
>
> > is in ruby operator for:
>
> > a = b if b
>
> > a (operator) b
>
> a ||= b

"a ||= b" means "a = b unless a".

I don't think there is an operator for "a = b if b".

Luckily, "a = b if b" is valid ruby code. "a = b || a" or "a = (b or
a)" would also work.

yes, i can write

a = b || a

but isn't it more complex. imagine that b is nil. then a = a will be
evaluated?

maybe time for feature request? new operator a =|| (a = b if b)

(variable = params[:nice_symbol] if params[:nice_symbol] doesnt look
very nice)


Lars wrote:
> On Mar 10, 11:50 am, Farrel Lifson <farrel.lif...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 10/03/2008, Frantisek Psotka <frantisek.pso...@matfyz.cz> wrote:
>>
>> > is in ruby operator for:
>>
>> > a = b if b
>>
>> > a (operator) b
>>
>> a ||= b
>
> "a ||= b" means "a = b unless a".
>
> I don't think there is an operator for "a = b if b".
>
> Luckily, "a = b if b" is valid ruby code. "a = b || a" or "a = (b or
> a)" would also work.

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