From: "Jan E." <lists@...>
Date: 2012-08-10T16:33:14+09:00
Subject: Re: fasterCSV meaning of a line

Hi,

ajay paswan wrote in post #1071826:
>> in_quotes[....]   => calls the #[] method on in_quotes with the given
>> argument
>
> Is this functional programming?

What do you mean by "functional programming"?

As to the usual meaning of the word: no.



ajay paswan wrote in post #1071904:
>> in_quotes[....]   => calls the #[] method on in_quotes with the given
>
> What is #[] method?

It is the method that you define by

def [](...)
  ...
end

and call by

your_object[...]

It's the "indexing method" known from arrays:

arr = [1, 2, 3]
puts arr[0]

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