From: Robert McGovern <duemoko@...>
Date: 2002-08-22T00:12:30+09:00
Subject: Puzzeled by Range object

I was just writing an example for the "power of ruby" thread, using ranges.

I had two calls

a:   (1..78).each {|x| print "#{x}, "}
b:   (78..1).each {|y| print "#{y}, "}

The first worked as expected, it printed 1 to 78 to the screen.

However the second, simply printed nothing. Am I wrong to expect that a 
range can work for both up and down?

(Using Ruby 1.6.6 windows installer, on Windows XP)

Rob