From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-10-08T20:21:51+09:00
Subject: Re: "downto" the nitty-gritty

zetetic <tomascabeza@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1.downto(1) {|i| puts i}
> => 1
>
> 1.downto(2) {|i| puts i}
> => 1
>
> Is this right?  The block is always executed once, even when the
> limits would suggest otherwise? 1.upto(0) does the same thing...

That's not true.  You probably mixed output in IRB as #upto and #downto 
return self (i.e. 1 in your case):

>> 1.downto(1) {|i| puts "x"}
x
=> 1
>> 1.downto(2) {|i| puts "x"}
=> 1
>> 1.upto(0) {|i| puts "x"}
=> 1

Kind regards

    robert