From: Harry <ruby.hardware@...>
Date: 2007-02-19T15:34:33+09:00
Subject: Re: For loops don't count down

> I realize that using "downto" can get me what I
> want for down counting, like so:
>
>    5.downto(1) do |number|
>      puts number.to_s
>    end
>
> but I'd like to use the for because it's easier for me to see the start
> and end of the block (especially when using syntax highlighting editors
> like RDE).
>
> Michael
>
>
I never use 'for' loops in Ruby. So I can't explain if or why not, etc.
But if you want to use 'for' loops, you could try something like this.

for number in (1..5).to_a.reverse
     puts number.to_s
end


Harry
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