From: John Mettraux <jmettraux@...>
Date: 2007-09-07T11:10:07+09:00
Subject: Re: help me condence my code?

On 9/7/07, Lloyd Linklater <lloyd@2live4.com> wrote:
> Jeremy Woertink wrote:
> > end.delete_at(-1)
>
> OMG!  You can call methods in an end???  I have lived far to long in the
> scalar world!  When would you do such a thing?

irb(main):004:0> [1, 2].collect do |i| i+3; end.join " : "
=> "4 : 5"

The method call is not on the "end" but on the result of the method
using the block that the "end", well, 'closes'. Very functional.


Best regards,

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