From: Henry Maddocks <hmaddocks@...>
Date: 2012-09-04T17:37:51+09:00
Subject: Re: how to sum element of array


On 4/09/2012, at 8:33 PM, Robert Klemme wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Edward QU <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>> dear all
>> 
>> a_array=[2,4,6,8,10]
>> I want to sum the elements of the array:
>> 2+4+6+8+10
>> how to write the script?
> 
> Open the text editor, start typing...
> 
> Seriously: how would you do it on paper if you would not know
> beforehand how many items there are to add?  Think about it.  

They want you to do their homework, not teach them something.

Henry