Hey,

I personally use .each, but if you're looking to squeeze every bit of
performance from your app, use for, as it's about 7% faster
than .each.

http://rubybenchmark.com/reports/12

Regards
Kieran

On Aug 5, 1:26 am, Pale Horse <[email protected]> wrote:
> When looping through arrays. What'd you argue to be good (or best)
> practice?
>
> <% for something in @lots_of_things %>
>  <%= something.name %>
> <% end %>
>
> <% @lots_of_things.each do |something| %>
>  <%= something.name %>
> <% end %>
>
> I've read mixed opinions on this small topic. Some say that FOR loops
> are easier, though I cannot see how. Others say that EACH is a more
> 'railsy' method...
>
> Personally, I tend to use EACH as I was taught this to be correct and
> follow this rule to retain consistency in MY code. What is your opinion
> on this?
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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