Ruby – 為何 Range 不能大到小?

(1..10).to_a
=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

(10..1).to_a
=> []

所以

for i in 1..10 do
puts i
end

會印 1 到 10

for i in 10..1 do
puts i
end

卻不會印 10 到 1

雖然可以用 10.downto(1)

不過還是太 Orz 了….


  • 留言者: Duncan
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  • 日期: 2005-09-27 11:48:25

或許 Python 更適合你。


  • 留言者: JiaYun
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  • 日期: 2005-09-27 13:49:19

Python:

for i in reversed(xrange(1,11)):

print i

這學期有個 project 有點想用 Ruby on Rails 做

如果 Python 的話也許可以用 http://www.djangoproject.com/

不過有辦法學那麼多嗎…. Orz


  • 留言者: T55555
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  • 日期: 2005-09-28 02:36:30

Please check the ruby-talk: 8993 and 39342

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/8993

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/39342

And be aware of Range using on Array index:

For example:

ary = %w[a b c d e]

ary[1..-1] # => [‘b’, ‘c’, ‘d’, ‘e’]

If we *assume* Range support from “big” to “small”,

the example 1..-1 will like have 1, 0, -1 elements

and ary[1..-1] will returns [‘b’, ‘a’, ‘e’]

but the current design is not like this way …

The main raison Range do not support from “big” to “small” is

because the Range is define base on object’s “succ”( or alias “next”) and “”

BTW: You could “redefine” the Range to behaviour as you like.


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  • 日期: 2005-09-28 02:41:17

“succ” and ” < = > ”

後面是 *宇宙飛碟* operator.


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  • 日期: 2005-09-28 02:55:29

Not prefect at all ( need to take care of === also, string Range … etc),

but it seems to work for what you expect.

class Range

alias old_each each

def each(&block)

return old_each(&block) unless first > last

first.downto(last) { |e| yield e }

return self

end

end

p (1..10).to_a

p (10..1).to_a

(10..1).each { |e| p e }


  • 留言者: JiaYun
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  • 日期: 2005-09-28 03:18:35

也許它可以加個 pred 或 prev, 再把用在 array 的情形改一下, 功能上會更對稱一點….

我好像 柯南 – 引爆摩天樓 裡那個超執著對稱的森谷帝二教授…. XD


  • 留言者: Duncan
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  • 日期: 2005-09-28 16:19:31

可以用 range(1, 11)[::-1] 或是 xrange(10, 0, -1)。


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  • 日期: 2005-09-29 01:18:24

我想搭紅寶石列車,Duncan 集團誘惑我乘巨蟒….

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