From: Michael Neumann <neumann@...>
Date: 2001-11-30T05:23:33+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:26956] Re: short article draft for review

Tobias Reif wrote:
> I built an example from your snippet:
> 
> -----
> def upto limit,modifier='default'
>    if modifier == 'even'
>      number = 2
>      step   = 2
>    elsif modifier == 'odd'
>      number = 1
>      step   = 2
>    else
>      number = 1
>      step   = 1
>    end
>    while number <= limit
>      yield number
>      number += step
>    end
> end
> 
> upto 5 do |number|
>    puts number
> end
> upto 5,'even' do |number|
>    puts number
> end
> upto 5,'odd' do |number|
>    puts number
> end

You could here also use Symbols (:even) instead of Strings.

  upto 5, :even do |number|
     puts number
  end

Regards,

  Michael

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