# Iterators in ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iterators-in-ruby/176088>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 24, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iterators-in-ruby/176088 "2009-09-24T17:11:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ramana\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Ramana\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ramana_V)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iterators-in-ruby/176088/1 "2009-09-24T17:11:25Z")

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hi

i am new to rails

would u tell me types of each iterator

i used some of each iterators like each,each\_index…

Thanks

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Regards,  
Ramanavel Selvaraju,

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**Author:** ![Ramana\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Ramana\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ramana_V)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iterators-in-ruby/176088/2 "2009-09-24T17:17:16Z")

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On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Ramana V. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> i am new to rails

You seem to be new to reading the documentation as well.

> would u tell me types of each iterator  
> i used some of each iterators like each,each\_index…

[http://api.rubyonrails.org/](http://api.rubyonrails.org/)

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Greg D.  
[http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/)

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**Author:** ![Ramana\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Ramana\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ramana_V)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iterators-in-ruby/176088/3 "2009-09-24T17:28:24Z")

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Hi –

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Ramana V. wrote:

> hi
> 
> i am new to railsÂ
> 
> would u tell me types of each iteratorÂ
> 
> i used some of each iterators like each,each\_index…

Most of the most common iterators in Ruby are in the Enumerable  
module, whose methods you can examine directly in irb or with ri.

David

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David A. Black, Director  
Ruby Power and Light, LLC ([http://www.rubypal.com](http://www.rubypal.com))  
Ruby/Rails training, consulting, mentoring, code review  
Book: The Well-Grounded Rubyist ([The Well-Grounded Rubyist](http://www.manning.com/black2))

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**Author:** ![Ramana\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Ramana\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ramana_V)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iterators-in-ruby/176088/4 "2009-09-25T06:15:20Z")

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Thanks alot

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:54 PM, David A. Black [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> > i used some of each iterators like each,each\_index…  
> > Ruby/Rails training, consulting, mentoring, code review  
> > Book: The Well-Grounded Rubyist ([The Well-Grounded Rubyist](http://www.manning.com/black2))

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Regards,  
Ramanavel Selvaraju,

removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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