From: Christer Nilsson <janchrister.nilsson@...>
Date: 2005-12-31T10:44:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Another Newb asks questions.

Joseph Divelbiss wrote:
> Wilson Bilkovich wrote:
>>     if file.lineno % 2 == 1 then 
> 
> I hope youll forgive, but I seem to be at a loss for exactly what/how 
> this is doing..?
> 
> Any clarification?
> 
> Yeah this is my first language, first project, first week; so label me 
> silly.

It seems to check if the line number is odd. % is the modulo operator.

class Integer
  def odd?
    self % 2 == 1
  end
end

 ... if file.lineno.odd? then ...

we have all been in your situation :-)

Christer

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