From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2006-05-16T03:01:17+09:00
Subject: Re: iterator/array question

2006/5/15, Daniel Harple <dharple@generalconsumption.org>:
> On May 15, 2006, at 7:48 PM, Susan Sash wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to iterate through an array, getting the index and the
> > object at the same time?
>
> $ri each_with_index
> --------------------------------------------- Enumerable#each_with_index
>       enum.each_with_index {|obj, i| block }  -> enum
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>       Calls block with two arguments, the item and its index, for each
>       item in enum.
>
>          hash = Hash.new
>          %w(cat dog wombat).each_with_index {|item, index|
>            hash[item] = index
>          }
>          hash   #=> {"cat"=>0, "wombat"=>2, "dog"=>1}

Too bad you disclosed the solution already - I wanted to trade it in
for those turtles...
;-)

robert

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