# How i execute a method variable numer of times

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-i-execute-a-method-variable-numer-of-times/190790>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 28, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-i-execute-a-method-variable-numer-of-times/190790 "2010-06-28T06:48:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![noose](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/d78d45/32.png) [@noose](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/noose)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-i-execute-a-method-variable-numer-of-times/190790/1 "2010-06-28T06:48:17Z")

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hi ruby

example i have this method:

def little\_meth  
puts “hi there\n”  
end

and say i want to run this method run x number of times.

i make program that looks something this way:

do  
little\_meth  
x times

i request what is this for ruby?

thanks

-noose

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**Author:** ![noose](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/d78d45/32.png) [@noose](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/noose)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 6:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-i-execute-a-method-variable-numer-of-times/190790/2 "2010-06-28T06:56:27Z")

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On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Noose Dinli  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote:

> ## i make program that looks something this way:
> 
> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).

def little\_meth  
puts “hi there\n”  
end

x = 10

# either of these will work

x.times { little\_meth }

x.times do  
little\_meth  
end

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**Author:** ![noose](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/d78d45/32.png) [@noose](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/noose)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-i-execute-a-method-variable-numer-of-times/190790/3 "2010-06-28T07:05:16Z")

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thanks for you josh