Iterator/array question

Ruby
1

Is there a way to iterate through an array, getting the index and the
object at the same time?

For instance, right now I know two ways of going through an array:
array.each do |element|
print element
end

for i in 0…(array.size - 1) do |i|
print array[i]
end

Is there a way to mix these two together? As in something like
array.each do |element, i|
print element.to_s + "is at index " + i.to_s
end

without maintaining a counter through the array?
(Without doing this:
index = 0
array.each do |element|
print element.to_s + "is at index " + index.to_s
index += 1
end)

Thanks!

2

On May 15, 2006, at 7:48 PM, Susan Sash wrote:

Is there a way to iterate through an array, getting the index and the
object at the same time?

$ri each_with_index
--------------------------------------------- Enumerable#each_with_index
enum.each_with_index {|obj, i| block } -> enum

  Calls block with two arguments, the item and its index, for each
  item in enum.

     hash = Hash.new
     %w(cat dog wombat).each_with_index {|item, index|
       hash[item] = index
     }
     hash   #=> {"cat"=>0, "wombat"=>2, "dog"=>1}

– Daniel

3

2006/5/15, Daniel H. [email protected]:

  item in enum.

     hash = Hash.new
     %w(cat dog wombat).each_with_index {|item, index|
       hash[item] = index
     }
     hash   #=> {"cat"=>0, "wombat"=>2, "dog"=>1}

Too bad you disclosed the solution already - I wanted to trade it in
for those turtles…
:wink:

robert