Syntax for a for loop in ruby

Question

How do I do this type of for loop in Ruby?

for(int i=0; i<array.length; i++) {

}

Answer 1

array.each do |element|
  element.do_stuff
end

or

for element in array do
  element.do_stuff
end

If you need index, you can use this:

array.each_with_index do |element,index|
  element.do_stuff(index)
end

Answer 2

limit = array.length;
for counter in 0..limit
 --- make some actions ---
end

---

the other way to do that is the following

3.times do |n|
  puts n;
end

thats will print 0, 1, 2, so could be used like array iterator also

Think that variant better fit to the author's needs

Answer 3

I keep hitting this as a top link for google "ruby for loop", so I wanted to add a solution for loops where the step wasn't simply '1'. For these cases, you can use the 'step' method that exists on Numerics and Date objects. I think this is a close approximation for a 'for' loop.

start = Date.new(2013,06,30)
stop = Date.new(2011,06,30)
# step back in time over two years, one week at a time
start.step(stop, -7).each do |d| 
    puts d
end

Answer 4

The equivalence would be

for i in (0...array.size)
end

or

(0...array.size).each do |i|
end

or

i = 0
while i < array.size do
   array[i]
   i = i + 1 # where you may freely set i to any value
end

Answer 5

array.each_index do |i|
  ...
end

It's not very Rubyish, but it's the best way to do the for loop from question in Ruby

Answer 6

To iterate a loop a fixed number of times, try:

n.times do
  #Something to be done n times
end

Answer 7

If you don't need to access your array, (just a simple for loop) you can use upto or each :

Upto:

2.upto(4) {|i| puts i}
2
3
4 

Each:

(2..4).each {|i| puts i}
2
3
4

Answer 8

What? From 2010 and nobody mentioned Ruby has a fine for /in loop (it's just nobody uses it):

ar = [1,2,3,4,5,6]
for item in ar
  puts item
end

Answer 9

['foo', 'bar', 'baz'].each_with_index {|j, i| puts "#{i} #{j}"}

Answer 10

Ruby's enumeration loop syntax is different:

collection.each do |item|
...
end

This reads as "a call to the 'each' method of the array object instance 'collection' that takes block with 'blockargument' as argument". The block syntax in Ruby is 'do ... end' or '{ ... }' for single line statements.

The block argument '|item|' is optional but if provided, the first argument automatically represents the looped enumerated item.