On Jun 5, 2009, at 5:04 PM, Ruby on Rails: Talk wrote:
> > Hi > > I'm sure I've read somewhere that you can count up in 'jumps' using > ruby? > > I've got two times and I want to basically go up in 15 minute jumps > without using the whole for loop thing. > > Any helpful ideas? All my ruby books are in storage and I can't find > anything on google ...but then I'm not sure what I'm looking for! > > Thanks in advance. > > Code: > > <%- (@info[0][1].. @info[0][2]).???? do %> > > Darren Something like Numeric#step irb> require 'rubygems' => true irb> require 'activesupport' => true irb> start_time = 10.minutes.from_now => Fri Jun 05 17:26:49 -0400 2009 irb> end_time = 4.hours.since start_time => Fri Jun 05 21:26:49 -0400 2009 irb> start_time.to_i.step(end_time.to_i, 15.minutes) do |sec| puts Time.at(sec); end Fri Jun 05 17:26:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 17:41:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 17:56:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 18:11:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 18:26:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 18:41:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 18:56:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 19:11:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 19:26:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 19:41:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 19:56:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 20:11:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 20:26:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 20:41:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 20:56:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 21:11:49 -0400 2009 Fri Jun 05 21:26:49 -0400 2009 => 1244237209 You have to go from Time => Fixnum => Time, but you can adjust to your specifics. -Rob Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
