# The evils of 0.each **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 22, 2005, 9:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-evils-of-0-each/48568 "2005-11-22T09:10:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![michelle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@michelle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michelle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-evils-of-0-each/48568/1 "2005-11-22T09:10:58Z")
Why doesn’t 0 (Fixnum) support .each ? 1 does, so does 2, 20, 200, and so on. Why not 0? Why doesn’t 0.each simply do something 0 times? NYARGH! ---
**Author:** ![michelle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@michelle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michelle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-evils-of-0-each/48568/2 "2005-11-22T09:14:59Z")
Lady Michelle B. wrote: > Why doesn’t 0 (Fixnum) support .each ? > 1 does, so does 2, 20, 200, and so on. > Why not 0? Why doesn’t 0.each simply do something 0 times? > > NYARGH! Probably a bug. ---
**Author:** ![michelle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@michelle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michelle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-evils-of-0-each/48568/3 "2005-11-22T09:35:07Z")
Hi, At Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:07:25 +0900, Lady Michelle B. wrote in [ruby-talk:166943]: > Why doesn’t 0 (Fixnum) support .each ? Because Fixnum doesn’t have the method `each’. > 1 does, so does 2, 20, 200, and so on. All of them don’t. ---
**Author:** ![michelle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@michelle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michelle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-evils-of-0-each/48568/4 "2005-11-22T09:31:06Z")
In article [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid), Lady Michelle B. wrote: > Why doesn’t 0 (Fixnum) support .each ? > 1 does, so does 2, 20, 200, and so on. > Why not 0? Why doesn’t 0.each simply do something 0 times? 1#each doesn’t exist either. You’re probably thinking of #times, which _is_ defined for 0, 1, 2, … ---
**Author:** ![michelle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@michelle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michelle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-evils-of-0-each/48568/5 "2005-11-22T09:51:18Z")
> > Why doesn’t 0 (Fixnum) support .each ? > > 1 does, so does 2, 20, 200, and so on. They don’t, because they’re single items, not lists, sets or something. > > Why not 0? Why doesn’t 0.each simply do something 0 times? Because 0.times { } does that. alternatively, Range#each works.