# if statements as ternaries
hour = 14
ampm = if hour >= 12 then "pm" else "am" end
puts "#{hour} #{ampm}"

# embedding a case statement inside a string concatenation
obj = 5
puts "I am a " +
    case
        when obj.is_a?( Fixnum ) then "number"
        when obj.is_a?( String ) then "string"
        when obj.is_a?( Politician ) then "moron"
        else "object"
    end + " or something like that"

# the "ruby way" to do loops
(0..5).each do |i|
    puts i
end