syntax/subscript_block.rb

tests/_examples/syntax/subscript_block.rb in the metorex repository.

# A block written after a subscript is handed to the `[]` method.
class Ledger
  def self.[](index, &block)
    block ? block.call(index) : index
  end
end

p(Ledger[3] { |index| index * 2 })
p Ledger[4]
p(Ledger[5] do |index| index + 1 end)

# A `do` after a loop's condition or collection opens the loop body.
readings = [[3, 4]]
for reading in readings[0] do p reading end
index = 0
while readings[0][index] do index += 1 end
p index

# A semicolon ends a statement, so a loop keyword after one starts a loop.
counted = 0; until counted == 2 do counted += 1 end; p counted

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