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I am using ruby 1.8.6 and I have been having some problem using certain
methods and stuff. It seems that my ruby wont recognize until loops and
also the .collect method dosnt work.

Is this normal? If I try to write use a until loop in my code I get
error and if I try to use .collect nothing happens (but no error).

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Please provide a short example of the code you are trying and the
incorrect output you are receiving.

Thanks.

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On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 6:11 PM, David Vlad <cluny_gisslaren@hotmail.com> wrote:

I am using ruby 1.8.6 and I have been having some problem using certain
methods and stuff. It seems that my ruby wont recognize until loops and
also the .collect method dosnt work.

Is this normal? If I try to write use a until loop in my code I get
error and if I try to use .collect nothing happens (but no error).

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Is what normal? We can't help you if we can't see what you're trying to do. "doesn't work" is not descriptive.

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On Mar 19, 2010, at 3:11 PM, David Vlad <cluny_gisslaren@hotmail.com> wrote:

I am using ruby 1.8.6 and I have been having some problem using certain
methods and stuff. It seems that my ruby wont recognize until loops and
also the .collect method dosnt work.

Is this normal? If I try to write use a until loop in my code I get
error and if I try to use .collect nothing happens (but no error).

4

Please show a code example, the output you're getting and the exact
Ruby version you're using.

Help us help you

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On Mar 19, 11:11 pm, David Vlad <cluny_gissla...@hotmail.com> wrote:

I am using ruby 1.8.6 and I have been having some problem using certain
methods and stuff. It seems that my ruby wont recognize until loops and
also the .collect method dosnt work.

Is this normal? If I try to write use a until loop in my code I get
error and if I try to use .collect nothing happens (but no error).

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I apologize. I actually managed to get the until loops working after
some reinstalling. However, the .collect method still dosnt work and I
really want to use it. The code looks like this:

array = [1,2,5,7]

array.collect do |x|
x = x*2
end

puts array.inspect

After I have run this code it still says the array is [1,2,5,7].

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% ri Array.collect
---------------------------------------------------------- Array#collect
     array.collect {|item| block } -> an_array
     array.map {|item| block } -> an_array

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On Mar 20, 2010, at 03:51 , David Vlad wrote:

I apologize. I actually managed to get the until loops working after
some reinstalling. However, the .collect method still dosnt work and I
really want to use it. The code looks like this:

array = [1,2,5,7]

array.collect do |x|
x = x*2
end

puts array.inspect

After I have run this code it still says the array is [1,2,5,7].

------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Invokes _block_ once for each element of _self_. Creates a new
     array containing the values returned by the block. See also
     +Enumerable#collect+.

        a = [ "a", "b", "c", "d" ]
        a.collect {|x| x + "!" } #=> ["a!", "b!", "c!", "d!"]
        a #=> ["a", "b", "c", "d"]

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David Vlad wrote:

I apologize. I actually managed to get the until loops working after some reinstalling. However, the .collect method still dosnt work and I really want to use it. The code looks like this:

array = [1,2,5,7]

array.collect do |x|
x = x*2
end

puts array.inspect

After I have run this code it still says the array is [1,2,5,7].

"array.collect " isn't supposed to modify array.

"array.collect" returns a newly constructed array containing the block's results.

Compare

irb(main):001:0> array = [1,2,5,7]
=> [1, 2, 5, 7]
irb(main):002:0>
irb(main):003:0* array.collect do |x|
irb(main):004:1* x = x*2
irb(main):005:1> end
=> [2, 4, 10, 14]
irb(main):006:0>
irb(main):007:0* puts array.inspect
[1, 2, 5, 7]
=> nil

with

irb(main):008:0> array = [1,2,5,7]
=> [1, 2, 5, 7]
irb(main):009:0> puts array.collect do |x|
irb(main):010:1* x = x*2
irb(main):011:1> end
1
2
5
7
=> nil
irb(main):012:0> puts array.inspect
[1, 2, 5, 7]
=> nil

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Ryan Davis wrote:

---------------------------------------------------------- Array#collect
     array.collect {|item| block } -> an_array
     array.map {|item| block } -> an_array
------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Invokes _block_ once for each element of _self_. Creates a new
     array containing the values returned by the block. See also
     +Enumerable#collect+.

        a = [ "a", "b", "c", "d" ]
        a.collect {|x| x + "!" } #=> ["a!", "b!", "c!", "d!"]
        a #=> ["a", "b", "c", "d"]

I know what it does, but still it dosnt work.

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The behavior of the code you posted is entirely consistent with
the described behavior and the example in the docs which Ryan posted
(in the example the contents of a are the same before and after calling
collect on it). So if collect does not work for you, show an example in
which it doesn't work (as opposed to one where it behaves exactly as expected).

To summarize the important part of the docs: collect returns a *new* array,
it does not change the array it is called on in any way.

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On 20.03.2010 13:25, David Vlad wrote:

I know what it does, but still it dosnt work.

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You seem to be missing the big clue: "CREATES A NEW ARRAY"

P.S. "it doesn't work" is NOT descriptive.

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On Mar 20, 2010, at 05:25 , David Vlad wrote:

Ryan Davis wrote:

---------------------------------------------------------- Array#collect
    array.collect {|item| block } -> an_array
    array.map {|item| block } -> an_array
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Invokes _block_ once for each element of _self_. Creates a new
    array containing the values returned by the block. See also
    +Enumerable#collect+.

       a = [ "a", "b", "c", "d" ]
       a.collect {|x| x + "!" } #=> ["a!", "b!", "c!", "d!"]
       a #=> ["a", "b", "c", "d"]

I know what it does, but still it dosnt work.

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Im so sorry, I have misunderstood everything. I thought it was supposed
to modify the array not create a new one within the block.

Is there any method that actually does modify the array or will I have
to do something like this:

array = [1,3,7,8]
i = 0

while i < array.length
array[i] = array[i] * 2
i += 1
end

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"David Vlad" <cluny_gisslaren@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3294e69df66809dc8d911d8a5bb2fa09@ruby-forum.com...

Im so sorry, I have misunderstood everything. I thought it was supposed
to modify the array not create a new one within the block.

Is there any method that actually does modify the array or will I have
to do something like this:

array = [1,3,7,8]
i = 0

while i < array.length
array[i] = array[i] * 2
i += 1
end
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use: array.collect! { ... } or array.map! { ... }
array = [1,3,7,8]
array.collect! { |x| x*2 } # => [2,6,14,16]
hth gfb

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And most importantly:
array # => [2,6,14,16]

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On 20.03.2010 17:20, GianFranco Bozzetti wrote:

array = [1,3,7,8]
array.collect! {|x| x*2 } # => [2,6,14,16]