On Feb 8, 2:44 pm, David Kahn <[email protected]> wrote: > I have this line, where the input variables in the array can come in any > form --- string, integer, fixnum, float (ps, I know that sales_price as a > currency should really be BigDecimal or the like on instantiation, this is > just to illustrate my question): > > [quantity, sales_price].each { |multiplicand| multiplicand = > BigDecimal.new(multiplicand.to_s) if multiplicand.class != BigDecimal} > [snip]
All each does is iterate over a collection, yielding to the block. when you do multiplicand = blah, you are just setting the local variable multiplicand to point at some new object - you're not mutating the actual object. Fred -- 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.
