From: Robert Klemme Date: 2012-09-04T17:43:55+09:00 Subject: Re: how to sum element of array On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Henry Maddocks wrote: > > On 4/09/2012, at 8:33 PM, Robert Klemme wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Edward QU 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. That seems quite apparent. But what is your point? Cheers robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/