If you want to alternate the value of a variable, here's two ways you can do it in Ruby - answers to a question during this week's
Ruby Course
# Too clever?
t = 0
(1..20).each do
puts (((t=(t+1)%2)==0) ? "yes" : "no")
end
#[82][c2]àbetter?
t = 0
(1..20).each do
t += 1
t %= 2
puts ((t==0) ? "YES" : "NO")
end
Source code -
[here].
(written 2016-05-17)
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