Ruby alternative switch-case syntax.

switch_on.rb

# = Kernel#switch
# Provides alternative switch-case syntax.
#
#     # support methods:
#     value = []
#     switch value do
#       on empty?: -> { "none" }
#       on one?:   -> { "one" }
#       on many?:  -> { "many" }
#     end
#
#     # More:
#     switch value do
#       on Hash  => proc { value }
#       on Array => lambda { Hash[value] }
#       on Post, Comment do
#         value.as_json
#       end
#       default { fail "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" }
#     end
#
#     # ...and more:
#     value = "false"     
#     switch value do
#       on /^(\d+)$/,       ->{ Regexp.last_matches[1].to_i }    # Sorry, no $N-vars :'(
#       on /^(\d+\.?\d*)$/, ->{ value.to_f }
#       on /^true|false$/i, ->{ value =~ "true" }
#       default { value }
#     end

class SwitchOn
  class MultipleDefaultCaseError < SyntaxError; end
  class MissingStatementBlockError < SyntaxError; end
  
  class Case
    def initialize(*args, &block)
      if block_given?
        proc = block.to_proc
      else
        if args.one? && args[0].is_a?(Hash)
          *args, proc = args[0].to_a[0]
        elsif args.many?
          proc = args.pop
        end
      end
      
      raise MissingStatementBlockError unless proc.is_a? Proc
      
      @matches, @proc = args, proc
    end
    
    def call
      @proc.call
    end
    
    def match?(object)
      @matches.each {|m| break true if perform_match(object, m) } === true
    end
    
    private
    def perform_match(object, match)
      return method_match(object, match) if match.is_a?(Symbol) && object.respond_to?(match)
      match === object
    end
    
    def method_match(object, match)
      result = object.send(match) rescue nil
      [true, false].include?(result) ? result : (match === object)
    end
  end
  
  def initialize(&block)
    @cases = []
    @found = false
    instance_eval(&block)
  end
  
  def on(*args, &block)
    @cases << Case.new(*args, &block)
  end
  
  def default(&block)
    raise MultipleDefaultCaseError unless @default.nil?
    @default = block.to_proc
  end
  
  def call(object)
    result = @cases.each do |kase|
      found! if kase.match? object
      break kase.call if found?
    end
    
    found? ? result : default_or_nil
  end
  
  private
  def default_or_nil
    @default.call if @default.is_a? Proc
  end
  
  def found!
    @found = true
  end
  
  def found?
    @found === true
  end
end

module Kernel
  def switch(object, &block)
    SwitchOn.new(&block).call(object)
  end
end

Examples:

# support methods:
value = []
switch value do
  on empty?: -> { "none" }
  on one?:   -> { "one" }
  on many?:  -> { "many" }
end

# More:
switch value do
  on Hash  => proc { value }
  on Array => lambda { Hash[value] }
  on Post, Comment do
    value.as_json
  end
  default { fail "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" }
end

# ...and more:
value = "false"     
switch value do
  on /^(\d+)$/,       ->{ Regexp.last_matches[1].to_i }    # Sorry, no $N-vars :'(
  on /^(\d+\.?\d*)$/, ->{ value.to_f }
  on /^true|false$/i, ->{ value =~ "true" }
  default { value }
end

Nice, similar to pattern matching