From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2002-12-17T12:48:18+09:00
Subject: Re: How to return value from middle of a block?

Hi,

At Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:59:01 +0900,
Jim Freeze wrote:
> > |I am trying to return a value from a middle of a block,
> > |but when I do, it exits the block.
> > 
> >   break <value>
> > 
> > if you're using 1.7
> > 
> 
> Hmm, I tried that, but it didn't work.
> 
> -> ./ruby173/bin/ruby -v
> ruby 1.7.3 (2002-12-04) [i386-freebsd4.6]
> -> cat p1.rb
> def _parse
>   loop { puts yield }
> end
> 
> def parse
>   i = 0
>   _parse { 
>     #(i+=1) == 3 ? rtn = nil : rtn = i
>     #rtn
>     if (i+=1) == 3
>       break nil
>     end
>     i
>   }
> end

`break' exits closest *lexical* block, try with `next'.

-- 
Nobu Nakada