From: Alex Combas <alex.combas@...>
Date: 2006-02-12T14:23:14+09:00
Subject: ruby course confusion

Working my way through the "ruby course"
http://ruby-doc.org/docs/Immersive%20Ruby%20programming%20course/RubyCourse_1.0-1.pdf

I was wondering if anyone else finds this tutorial a little confusing.
Its really good in parts, but other parts are really unclear but maybe
its just me.

For example:
~~~
find_it
Write a function find_it that takes an array of strings and a block.
The block should take two parameters and return a boolean value.
The function should allow to implement longest_string, shortest_string,
and other functions by changing the block.
~~~

Sorry, this just seems really muddled.
Is find_it a class, method, or what?
What is the point of the boolean that the block needs to return?

I asume that find_it is a class, and longest_string and shortest_string
are object methods, and the array and the block are passed when
the class is initialized, but I feel like I'm missing something.

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Alex Combas
http://noodlejunkie.blogspot.com/