From: Seebs <usenet-nospam@...>
Date: 2009-12-13T23:25:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Code block for element comparison in an array?

On 2009-12-13, Derek Cannon <novellterminator@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm new to Ruby and I can't think of how to do this! I would like each
> element in an array to compare itself with all its proceeding elements.

Why?

> For those who don't understand, I think the Java/C++ equivalent would
> be:

> for(int i=0; i < array.length; i++) {
>    for(int j=i+1; j < array.length; j++) {
>       // Compare array[i] with array[j]
>    }
> }

I notice that you don't DO anything with the comparison.  What's the
point?  If you're trying to verify that the array is sorted, you can
do this with a LOT fewer operations...

-s
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