From: "Pieter V." <pvande@...>
Date: 2009-06-12T02:53:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Idiomatic way to detect first/last iteration?

That won't actually work if your array contains duplicate elements...

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Matthew K. Williams<matt@harpstar.com> wrote:
> I expect there's a better way to do this, but as a quick dash-off....
>
> x=%w(the big fat cat)
>
> x.each do |y|
> print "first " if (y==x.first)
> print "last " if (y==x.last)
> puts y
> end
>
> --
> "... if you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of
> track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life
> that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can
> see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and
> they open doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid,
> and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be." --
> Joseph Campbell
>
>