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Ruby does not have a switch statement; it has a case expression (which can be used in a statement).

• ape4 3y ago
  That naming is rather maddening.
  • layer8 3y ago
    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.
    • mekster 3y ago
      "Switch" to this statement in "case" of this expression, seems quite easy to grasp.
  • calo_star 3y ago
    It's the same in Haskell, Erlang and Elixir.