From: Will Mueller <will.liljon@...>
Date: 2008-04-21T07:14:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Counting Program

Thanks, that worked.

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Phillip Gawlowski
<cmdjackryan@googlemail.com> wrote:
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>  Will Mueller wrote:
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>  | time1=1
>  | 10000000.times do
>  | puts time1+1
>  | end
>  |
>  | All it would do, is simply print out the number 2, 10000000 times. I
>  | continually got errors when editing it. Could someone please assist?
>
>  Well, it's as simple as adding a '=':
>
>
>  time1 = 1
>  10000000.times do
>  ~  time1 += 1 # this is shorthand for time1 = time1 + 1
>  ~  puts time1
>  end
>
>  You need to tell Ruby, that you want to change the variable explicitly.
>
>  A quote I cannot attribute: "Computers never do what they should, only
>  what you tell them to do". ;)
>
>  It might help if you put spaces between operators, as that helps in
>  catching errors. I am speaking from experience.
>
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