From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-11-03T02:30:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Printing out contents of 2 arrays using a loop

On 02.11.2010 17:36, Rick DeNatale wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Paul Roche<prpaulroche@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hi. I'd like to print out the contents of 2 arrays as follows........
>>
>> print array1[0] array2[0]
>> print array1[1] array2[1]
>> etc
>>
>> array1 holds names
>> array2 holds occupation
>>
>> so an example print out will be.......
>>
>>
>> Joe Bloggs  Carpenter
>> etc
>>
>>
>> I'm struggling constructing a loop or iteration that prints this out.
>
> names = %w(joe sam john fred)
> occupations = %w(tinker tailor soldier spy)
>
> names.zip(occupations).each {|name, occupation| puts "#{name} is a
> #{occupation}"}

#zip accepts a block, which avoids creating the merged Array:

irb(main):005:0> names.zip(occupations){|name, occupation| puts "#{name} 
is a #{occupation}"}
joe is a tinker
sam is a tailor
john is a soldier
fred is a spy
=> nil

Kind regards

	robert

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