Identifying last loop when using for each

Question

I want to do something different with the last loop iteration when performing \'foreach\' on an object. I\'m using Ruby but the same goes for C#, Java etc.

Answer 1

This problem can be solved in an elegant way using pattern matching in a functional programming language such as F#:

let rec printList (ls:string list) = 
    match ls with
        | [last] -> "Last " + last
        | head::rest -> "Looping " + head + "\n" + printList (rest)
        | [] -> ""