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The times iterator will take a number and execute the statements in the block that number of times. The times iterator optionally takes an argument and, just like array indices, starts at 0.
Code Samples
Using a number, we can iterate that amount of times:
5.times do
puts "Hello!"
end
This will print "Hello!" to the screen 5 times.
The times
method also can take a single argument:
5.times do |item|
puts "Hello! #{item}"
end
Just like an array index, the times
index starts at 0.
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