Working with arrays in Ruby. Don't do this:
index = 0
for item in array
index += 1
puts "Item #{index}: #{item.inspect}"
endDo this instead:
array.each_with_index do |item, index|
puts "Item #{index}: #{item.inspect}"
endThere are a bunch of handy methods like this. Read the Enumerable documentation and make your code that little bit more readable.
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don’t use each_wth_index, use each_with_index instead. much better ;)
@Egze very good point – typo fixed. Thanks!