From: MenTaLguY <mental@...>
Date: 2001-11-14T07:47:10+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25099] Re: exiting blox

> Hi there,
> is there a way to exit a block before time?
> like:
> 
> field.each { |el|
>         if(el.alsacian?)
>                 break #no, dont want anymore
>         else
>                 puts el
>         end
> }
> 
> is there? (note: i want to exit it just for one el, of course)

As someone else already pointed out, you can use throw/catch.  I believe
that is essentially what Enumerable#find does.

I realize this is a matter of taste, but perhaps the following would be
more readable?

  el = field.find { |el| el.alsacian? }
  puts el if el

-mental