Finding out current index in EACH loop (Ruby)

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ming yeow picture ming yeow · May 17, 2010 · Viewed 105.9k times · Source

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Automatic counter in Ruby for each?

I want to find out the current index while i am in the each loop. how do i do so?

X=[1,2,3]

X.each do |p|
 puts "current index..."
end

Answer

Chubas picture Chubas · May 17, 2010 
X.each_with_index do |item, index|
  puts "current_index: #{index}"
end

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