From: Eric Peterson <peterson_eric_d@...>
Date: 2009-07-14T00:42:22+09:00
Subject: Re: calculating an array of dates

Siep Korteling wrote:
<snip>
> 
> I have not looked into the reasons why your code doesn't work, just took 
> your post as a coding exercise. My try looks like this:
> 
> require 'Date'
> class Date
>   def thursdays_upto_now
>      end_date = Date.today
>      res = []
>      # get the last thursday:
>      end_date -= 1 while (end_date.wday != 4)
>      end_date.step(self, -7) do |date|
>        res << date
>      end
>      res
>    end
>  end
> 
> start_date = Date.parse( 'Thu Jun 11 13:14:44 -0700 2009' )
> start_date.thursdays_upto_now.each{|thursday| puts thursday.to_s} # or 
> whatever
> 
> I was happy finding out Date has a step method.
> 
> hth, I had some fun,
> 
> Siep


much better then my final code.  I guess my mind is still stuck in 
FORTRAN method of coding.  I'm finding Ruby very nice and interesting. 
Lots of new tricks to learn.


Thanks
Eric
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