call next on ruby loop from external method

Question

in Ruby it\'s easy to tell loop to go to next item

(1..10).each do |a|
  next if a.even?
  puts a
end

result =>

1
3   
5
         


        

Answer 1

You complex method could return a boolean, and then you compare on your loop like this:

def my_complex_method(item)
  true if item.even? 
end

(1..10).each do |a|
  next if my_complex_method(a)
  puts a
end

A simple approach, but different from the try catch one.

UPDATE

As item.even? already return a boolean value, you don't need the true if item.even? part, you can do as follow:

def my_complex_method(item)
  item.even? 
end