Case statement with multiple values in each 'when' block

In a case statement, a , is the equivalent of || in an if statement.

case car
   when 'toyota', 'lexus'
      # code
end

Some other things you can do with a Ruby case statement

You might take advantage of ruby's "splat" or flattening syntax.

This makes overgrown when clauses — you have about 10 values to test per branch if I understand correctly — a little more readable in my opinion. Additionally, you can modify the values to test at runtime. For example:

honda  = ['honda', 'acura', 'civic', 'element', 'fit', ...]
toyota = ['toyota', 'lexus', 'tercel', 'rx', 'yaris', ...]
...

if include_concept_cars
  honda += ['ev-ster', 'concept c', 'concept s', ...]
  ...
end

case car
when *toyota
  # Do something for Toyota cars
when *honda
  # Do something for Honda cars
...
end

Another common approach would be to use a hash as a dispatch table, with keys for each value of car and values that are some callable object encapsulating the code you wish to execute.

Remember switch/case (case/when, etc.) is just comparing values. I like the official answer in this instance for a simple or'd string list comparison, but for more exotic conditional / matching logic,

case true
  when ['honda', 'acura'].include?(car)
    # do something
  when (condition1 && (condition2 || condition3))
    # do  something different
  else
    # do something else
end