From: Matt Armstrong <matt+dated+1008203916.baa10d@...>
Date: 2001-12-08T09:38:41+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27879] Re: Inconsistence in ranges with if

Martin Kahlert <martin.kahlert@infineon.com> writes:

> Hi!
> I just came across an inconsistency:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
>
> (1..3).each {|i| puts i}
> puts
>
> (1...3).each {|i| puts i}
> puts
>
> a = ["one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six"]
>
> a.each do |l|
>   puts l if l =~ /two/ .. l =~ /five/
> end
> puts
>
> a.each do |l|
>   puts l if l =~ /two/ ... l =~ /five/
> end

Martin, you got my interest here.  Can you explain how ranges in
conditionals actually work here?  I don't understand what your a.each
iterators are doing.


-- 
matt