From: Glenn Jackman <glennj@...>
Date: 2009-08-13T18:40:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Assignment from within a block?

At 2009-08-13 03:54AM, "Gerald Ebberink" wrote:
>  require 'bigdecimal'
>  
>  var1 = 10
>  var2 = 20
>  ["var1","var2"].each do |v|
>  v = BigDecimal.new(v.to_s)
>  end
>  var1.class
>  
>  Why isn't var1 changed, and how do I get the behaviour I want (and this
>  is ofcourse not for just to vars)

I suspect you want
    
    var1, var2 = [var1, var2].collect {|v| BigDecimal.new(v.to_s)}
    
    [var1,var2].collect {|v| v.class}  # => [BigDecimal, BigDecimal]



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