Ruby by Example

#23 Returning Procs as Values (return_proc.rb)

Let’s look at a further demonstration of how to use Procs as data generated by another function. It’s very similar to the make_incrementer.rb script.

The Code

  #!/usr/bin/env ruby
  # return_proc.rb

❶ def return_proc(criterion, further_criterion=1)

    proc_of_criterion = {    Procs as Hash Values 'div_by?' => lambda { |i| i if (i % further_criterion).zero? }, 'is?' => lambda { |i| i == further_criterion } } # allow 'is_even' as an alias for divisible by 2 ❷ return return_proc('div_by?', 2) if criterion == ('is_even') ❸ proc_to_return = proc_of_criterion[criterion] fail "I don't understand the criterion #{criterion}" unless proc_to_return return proc_to_return end ❹ require 'boolean_golf.rb' # Demonstrate calling ...