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coffee> if true then "OK" else "UH OH"
'OK'
coffee> if false then "OK" else "UH OH"
'UH OH'
@patrickmoberg
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<3 <3 <3 thanks++

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Any time! Though in general, I prefer

if something
  foo = "OK"
else
  foo = "oh no"

to

  foo = if something then "OK" else "oh no"

I think there's too much going on with that one line.

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Yeah, I was mainly looking for the preferred best practice. You're right, breaking it into lines seems like the way to go.

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goggin13 commented Nov 8, 2011

I respectfully disagree; think it stays fairly readable given the clauses of the if statement are simple, and 1 line instead of 4 is a big win in my book. But to each their own!

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