From: Victor Reyes <victor.reyes@...>
Date: 2008-05-08T21:43:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Any reason why this code should not work - The Ruby Way, p270

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Thank you Rolando. It was my silly typo!

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Rolando Abarca <funkaster@gmail.com> wrote:

> On May 8, 2008, at 8:09 AM, Victor Reyes wrote:
>
>  I lifted the following code from The Ruby way and tried to use it.
>> It does not output anything.
>> Do anyone knows why?
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Victor
>>
>> ##############################
>> # This code adds a count method to the Array class
>> # This code was lifted from:
>> #  The Ruby Way
>> #  Second Edition
>> #  By: Hal Fulton
>> #  Page: 270
>> ##############################
>> class Array
>>      def count
>>           k=Hash.new(0)
>>           self.each{|x| k[x]+1 }
>>           k
>>      end
>> end
>>
>
> I think it should read:
>
> def count
>  k = Hash.new(0)
>  self.each { |x| k[x] += 1 }
>  k
> end
>
> The problem is that inside the 'each' loop you're not asigning any value.
> regards,
> --
> Rolando Abarca M.
>
>
>

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