From: Pat Maddox <pergesu@...>
Date: 2007-11-14T09:20:35+09:00
Subject: Re: recursion with blocks

On Nov 13, 2007 4:15 PM, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> On Nov 13, 2007, at 6:01 PM, Mike Perham wrote:
>
> > You aren't actually recursing inside the block,
> > just using the block as a conditional.  I was trying to figure out how
> > to recurse inside the block.
>
> Yeah, I was just using the block inside a recursive method.  You are
> right.
>
> Can you elaborate on what you mean by "recurse inside a block?"  I'm
> having trouble thinking of an example.
>
> James Edward Gray II
>
>

I think he means something like this?

fact = lambda {|val| return 1 if val <= 0; val * fact[val - 1] }
fact[4]  => 24

but I'm not sure...

Pat