From: Jason Roelofs <jameskilton@...>
Date: 2006-09-25T23:40:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Object initialization problem

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Doh! I'm getting caught up in the cooler features of Ruby and forgetting the
simple stuff. David's got it right.

Jason

On 9/25/06, dblack@wobblini.net <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
>
> Hi --
>
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Jason Roelofs wrote:
>
> > class Hash
> > def increment_word_count(key)
> >    self[key] ||= 1
> >    self[key] += 1
> > end
> > end
> >
> > count = Hash.new
> > count.increment_word_count(word)
> >
> > Of course, if you can think of a better method name, but this will help
> with
> > DRYness.
>
> There's also DRR (Don't Repeat Ruby :-)  Hashes are already good at
> this stuff (see my previous response).
>
>
> David
>
> --
>                    David A. Black | dblack@wobblini.net
> Author of "Ruby for Rails"   [1] | Ruby/Rails training & consultancy [3]
> DABlog (DAB's Weblog)        [2] | Co-director, Ruby Central, Inc.   [4]
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>
>

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