Re: Simple array.each do |x| question

From	"Kyle X." <haebooty@yahoo.com>
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Subject	Re: Simple array.each do \|x\| question
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Chad Perrin wrote in post #990462:
> On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 04:29:13AM +0900, Kyle X. wrote:
>> {|element| element.text}
>>   elements << x
>>   n=n+1
>> end
>
> I seem to have misplaced the thread so far, so please forgive me if I'm
> asking something redundant.
>
> What is the relationship between reference1 and reference2?
>

I am sorry for not including this.  reference1 and reference2 are two 
arrays of the same length that contain strings.

If you were to do -
p reference1
#This would be the output->
#["i1671", "i1793", "i1919", "i2045"]


> If they are the same, you should be able to do a very simple swap of
> terms between your while loop version and an each iterator:
>
>     elements = []
>     reference2.each do |ref|
>       x = REXML::XPath.match(
>         doc,
>         "//*[@id='#{ref}']/Coordinates/IfcLengthMeasure"
>       ).map {|element| element.text }
>
>       elements << x
>     end
>
> (adjusted to reduce horizontal sprawl)
>
> If reference1 and reference2 are not the same length, however, this
> approach will not work.  The lack of descriptive meaning in your
> variable
> names is a bit daunting when trying to figure out the intentions behind
> your code.
>
> I'll come back to the second while loop later, if someone else has not
> already gotten to it by then.

Thank you for the response I will try it out.

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Simple array.each do |x| question "Kyle X." <haebooty@yahoo.com> - 2011-03-31 17:26 -0500
  Re: Simple array.each do |x| question Roger Braun <roger@rogerbraun.net> - 2011-03-31 17:35 -0500
    Re: Simple array.each do |x| question "Kyle X." <haebooty@yahoo.com> - 2011-03-31 17:59 -0500
      Re: Simple array.each do |x| question Gunther Diemant <g.diemant@gmx.net> - 2011-03-31 18:06 -0500
        Re: Simple array.each do |x| question "Kyle X." <haebooty@yahoo.com> - 2011-03-31 18:30 -0500
        Re: Simple array.each do |x| question "Kyle X." <haebooty@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-01 14:29 -0500
          Re: Simple array.each do |x| question "Kyle X." <haebooty@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-01 15:31 -0500
          Re: Simple array.each do |x| question "Kyle X." <haebooty@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-02 01:39 -0500
            Re: Simple array.each do |x| question 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-02 13:32 -0500
  Re: Simple array.each do |x| question 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-02 13:58 -0500
    Re: Simple array.each do |x| question "Kyle X." <haebooty@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-04 13:55 -0500
  Re: Simple array.each do |x| question "Kyle X." <haebooty@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-06 00:57 -0500

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