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4 ways to do conditionals in Ruby

Conditionals are more than just if/else and switch cases

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There are multiple options when it comes to conditional flows in Ruby.

• If/else
• Switch Case
• Hash Map
• Polymorphism

However, none of them is either a silver bullet or a terrible choice.

In this article, we would discuss the PROS and CONS, and the suitable use cases for each approach.

1. If/else

If/else is the most basic block when it comes to conditional flows.

It is the most flexible approach which can be used to implement any conditional scenarios.

Scenario 1: Suggest positions for football players based on his/her statistics.

In the above example, multiple aspects (defense , dribble , passing , shooting , speed , crossing ) are being evaluated in the conditional statements. This makes…