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Re: Understanding the return method

From jake kaiden <jakekaiden@yahoo.com>
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hi fily -

  while i was answering your post, vincent answered it much better than 
i ever could have.

  the one thing that i would point out, is that it is important to 
remember that by default ruby returns the LAST statement evaluated (this 
can bite you in the arse if you forget!)

 the example you gave could also be written like this (without 
'return'):

def multiply(val1, val2 )
  val1 * val2
end

value = multiply( 10, 20 )
puts value

#=>200

 -j

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Understanding the return method Fily Salas <fs_tigre@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-16 17:41 -0500
  Re: Understanding the return method Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> - 2011-04-16 18:00 -0500
  Re: Understanding the return method Vincent Manis <vmanis@telus.net> - 2011-04-16 18:25 -0500
  Re: Understanding the return method jake kaiden <jakekaiden@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-16 18:28 -0500
  Re: Understanding the return method jake kaiden <jakekaiden@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-16 18:35 -0500
    Re: Understanding the return method 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-16 22:10 -0500
      Re: Understanding the return method Vincent Manis <vmanis@telus.net> - 2011-04-17 00:09 -0500
      Re: Understanding the return method Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> - 2011-04-17 09:41 -0500
  Re: Understanding the return method Fily Salas <fs_tigre@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-16 21:05 -0500
  Re: Understanding the return method Fily Salas <fs_tigre@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-17 07:19 -0500

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