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Ruby

Posted by Guled A.
Guled A.
10,605 Points

Ruby Loops: When and When not to put "do"

I recently was working with loops in Ruby and I've tested my code on online compilers and I've noticed that when doing an Until loop, the loop can function correctly with or without the keyword do next to it. Why is that so? Is the do keyword necessary? Can I leave do out? If I leave the keyword out is it considered bad practice?

1 Answer

J Scott Erickson
J Scott Erickson
11,883 Points
J Scott Erickson
J Scott Erickson
11,883 Points

In my experience programming ruby in professional settings most people use the do keyword, and is some cases it is necessary such as

["some","stuff","in","here"].each do |x|
  puts "#{x}"
end