From: Per-erik Martin <lists@...>
Date: 2013-06-25T15:49:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Sum method through while loops or iteration

There already is a standard method for this:

irb(main):001:0> a = [1,2,3,4]
=> [1, 2, 3, 4]
irb(main):002:0> a.reduce(0) { |a,b| a+b }
=> 10
irb(main):003:0> a = []
=> []
irb(main):004:0> a.reduce(0) { |a,b| a+b }
=> 0


(Btw, "reduce" is the same as "inject", but I prefer the former as this
describes the behaviour, and doesn't allude to an infix syntax.)

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