From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-07-12T04:41:55+09:00
Subject: Re: blocks and procs

On Jul 11, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Dark Ambient wrote:

> hmmmm....i have that code in there:
>
>>    def select( query )
>>      # parse query String
>>         rules = Hash[*query.split(/\s*AND\s*/).map do |rule|
>>         rule.split(/\s*=\s*/).map { |value| value.sub(/^['"](.+) 
>> ['"]$/,
>> '\1') } end.flatten ]
>>
>>         #match records
>>          @records.select { |record| block_given? and yield record }
>>           rules.all? { |field, value| record.send(field) == value }
>>
>>
>>     end # end of method
>>
>> end # end of class

That's from higher up in the article.  Here's the one just before the  
example you showed:

   class ClientDB
     def select
       @records.select { |record| block_given? and yield record }
     end
   end

Try that.

James Edward Gray II