From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2011-05-25T07:05:00+09:00
Subject: Re: "Local variable within code blocks do not interfere with those outside the block"

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On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 06:45:10PM +0900, Kaye Ng wrote:
> I read this in a book.
>=20
> " In Ruby 1.9, however, local variables used within code blocks will not
> interfere with local variables located outside of the block."
>=20
> I don't know if my code is wrong, but it looks to me like the local
> variable inside the code block DOES interfere with the local variable
> (with the same name) outside the code block.
>=20
> x =3D [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
> var =3D 1
>=20
> x.each do
>        |number| (var =3D 10)
>      end
>=20
> puts var

Others are handling your question well enough, but I have a comment.

It is more idiomatically Rubyish to format your block like this:

    x.each do |number|
      var =3D 10
    end

=2E . . rather than like this:

    x.each do
           |number| (var =3D 10)
         end

I would find the latter style (your version) much more difficult to read
for complex code samples, and I suspect I am not alone in that.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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