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Classic Loop

In Ruby like any other programming language we can iterate a number of fix or variable times. Here are a classic infinite loop that will execute until the program crash.

loop do
  put 'Hello World'
end

While loop

It is possible loop while a condition is meet.

number = 0
while number < 100
  puts number
  number += 1
end
# Will print numbers from 0 to 99

Loop until

It is possible loop until a condition is meet.

number = 0
until number == 10
  puts number
  number += 1
end
# Will print numbers from 0 to 9

Loop x number of times

(1..10).each do |i|
  puts i
end
# print numbers from 1 to 19

or also

10.times { puts "Hello World" }

Loop through each element

By far, the most use loop is the 'each' iteration

# Array of names
names = ['Peter', 'Mike', 'John']

# Iterate the names list
names.each do |name|  
   puts name
end

# or shorthand version
names.each { |name| puts name }

Break and Continue

It is possible to stop the loop before the end. It is also possible to skip one iteration and go to the next one.

names.each do |name|  
  next if name === 'Mike' 
  puts name
end
# Peter 
# John

The iteration will skip the puts statement if the name is equal to Mike

names.each do |name|  
  break if name === 'Mike' 
  puts name
end
# Peter

The iteration will stop if the name is equal to Mike.

Exercise

Create a little program that:

• Create a loop with 10 iterations (from number 1 to 10)
• Each iteration will print only if the iteration number is even. Odd number will be skip.

Solution

10.times do |num|
  next if num.odd?
  puts "Number #{num}"
end

Conclusion

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