Thank you robert, my task is to port java classes and methods to ruby just like tha above one. could you help me with this porting > > Then I would change all the if (x==..||x==...) to use a case statement. > > Btw, I would do the same to the Java code (i.e. create another class > and use "switch"). > > Cheers > > robert -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.