Another fun addition in 1.9 Proc functionality is Proc#curry which allows you to turn a Proc accepting n arguments into one accepting n-1. Here it is combined with the Proc#=== tip I mentioned above:

it_is_day_of_week = lambda{ |day_of_week, date| date.wday == day_of_week }
it_is_saturday = it_is_day_of_week[6]
it_is_sunday = it_is_day_of_week[0]

case Time.now
when it_is_saturday
  puts "Saturday!"
when it_is_sunday
  puts "Sunday!"
else
  puts "Not the weekend"
end

Another fun addition in 1.9 Proc functionality is Proc#curry which allows you to turn a Proc accepting n arguments into one accepting n-1. Here it is combined with the Proc#=== tip I mentioned above:

it_is_day_of_week = lambda{ |day_of_week, date| date.wday == day_of_week }
it_is_saturday = it_is_day_of_week.curry[6]
it_is_sunday = it_is_day_of_week.curry[0]

case Time.now
when it_is_saturday
  puts "Saturday!"
when it_is_sunday
  puts "Sunday!"
else
  puts "Not the weekend"
end