From: "JeremyWoertink@..." <JeremyWoertink@...>
Date: 2007-09-07T04:51:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Is this a bug or a feature?

I would say this is a feature to answer you question.
Just think of what gets printed when you do
i = 1
i = i + 1

so you are saying
until (i = i + 1) > 5
p i
end

the second time the i is evaluated is in the until loop.


~Jeremy



On Sep 6, 12:00 pm, Martin Jansson <martia...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> irb(main):002:0> i=1
> => 1
> irb(main):003:0> until (i+=1)>5
> irb(main):004:1> p i
> irb(main):005:1> end
> 2
> 3
> 4
> 5
> => nil
> irb(main):006:0> RUBY_VERSION
> => "1.8.3"
>
> The condition is evaluated before the first iteration.
>
> At least it's consistent:
>
> irb(main):005:0> i = 1
> => 1
> irb(main):006:0> p i until (i+=1)>5
> 2
> 3
> 4
> 5
> => nil
>
> I think it makes "until" less useful. Why would anyone want this?
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