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wackimonki on 02/26/07

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This will add up all the prices and return it? What does |item| mean exactly?

@items.sum { |item| item.price }

Posted By: wackimonki on February 26, 2007

A little explanation to how the code works.

The method, sum, calls the block as often as it likes, with arguments. The block does something with the arguments and returns a value to the method.

In this case, .sum method calls the block for each item, and the block returns the price for the item to the .sum method.

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