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authorzlarsen <zlarsen@dmail.dixie.edu>2015-10-09 14:07:44 -0600
committerzlarsen <zlarsen@dmail.dixie.edu>2015-10-09 14:07:44 -0600
commit46b746e8c6101f8a25ba463fb2fb4045c29098a1 (patch)
tree688ca286a0ecb9590562504a53fde96c8bbfcd76 /ruby.html.markdown
parent0d0c495c701acc77047df138e169e7cc7ece5f97 (diff)
parentef40704f9b66ae85d7a8a6853abbbf8810af3b90 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'adambard/master' into forth-es
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diff --git a/ruby.html.markdown b/ruby.html.markdown
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+++ b/ruby.html.markdown
@@ -106,8 +106,14 @@ placeholder = 'use string interpolation'
'hello ' + 3 #=> TypeError: can't convert Fixnum into String
'hello ' + 3.to_s #=> "hello 3"
-# print to the output
+# print to the output with a newline at the end
puts "I'm printing!"
+#=> I'm printing!
+#=> nil
+
+# print to the output without a newline
+print "I'm printing!"
+#=> I'm printing! => nill
# Variables
x = 25 #=> 25
@@ -269,6 +275,19 @@ end
#=> iteration 4
#=> iteration 5
+# There are a bunch of other helpful looping functions in Ruby,
+# for example "map", "reduce", "inject", the list goes on. Map,
+# for instance, takes the array it's looping over, does something
+# to it as defined in your block, and returns an entirely new array.
+array = [1,2,3,4,5]
+doubled = array.map do |element|
+ element * 2
+end
+puts doubled
+#=> [2,4,6,8,10]
+puts array
+#=> [1,2,3,4,5]
+
grade = 'B'
case grade