From: Ankush Ganatra <ankush_ganatra@...>
Date: 2011-12-06T13:54:12+09:00
Subject: Newbie: Understanding Throw/Catch

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Hi=0A=A0=0AI was just going through various concepts fo Ruby and found one =
interesting (but not so useful=A0in real world=A0) concept of Ruby, i.e. ca=
tch and throw=0A=A0=0AI tried on of the example in the book.. =0A=A0=0Adef =
dothings( aNum ) =0A=A0i =3D 0 =0A=A0while true =0A=A0=A0puts( "I'm doing t=
hings..." )=A0 =0A=A0=A0throw( :go_for_tea ) if (i =3D=3D aNum )=A0=0A=A0en=
d =0Aend =0Acatch( :go_for_tea ){ puts "caught here"}=0Adothings(0) =0A=0AT=
he above code gives me=A0output as ::=0A=0Acaught here..=0Ai'm doing things=
... =0Athrow: uncaught throw 'go_for_tea' (Name Error)=0A=0A=0AI have 2 dou=
bts here=0A=0A1.=A0Why is there an error at the end=0A2. Why "caught here" =
is printed before the method is called?=0A=0A=A0=0A=A0=0AThanks. =0A=A0=0AR=
egards=0A=0AAnkush
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