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Ruby

Posted by Roy Leung
Roy Leung
1,272 Points

Blocks in Ruby

To me Blocks concept in Ruby is quite new (having study C, Java). I want to know what kind of concept in classic Language can be similar to this new concept that makes me easily understand this term. Finding difficult to learn it, and want to know what scenario will this Blocks used in.

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Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

Yeah, the concepts of Blocks, Procs and Lambdas in Ruby are not so easy to understand. They are similar to closures in some other (functional) languages. These resources might help you a bit:

http://rubylearning.com/satishtalim/ruby_blocks.html

http://ruby.about.com/od/beginningruby/a/blocks.htm

and these exercises:

http://www.codecademy.com/courses/ruby-beginner-en-L3ZCI/0/1?curriculum_id=5059f8619189a5000201fbcb

Roy Leung
Roy Leung
1,272 Points

Thanks Maciej