How can I run a command five times using Ruby?

Question

How can I run a team five times in a row?

For example:

5 * send_sms_to("xxx"); 

Answer 1

To execute a command 5 times in a row, you can do

 5.times { send_sms_to("xxx") } 

See the documentation for times as well as times Ruby Essentials for more information.

Answer 2

You can use the times method of the Integer class:

 5.times do send_sms_to('xxx') end 

or a for loop

 for i in 1..5 do send_sms_to('xxx') end 

or even upto / downto :

 1.upto(5) { send_sms_to('xxx') } 

Answer 3

Here is an example of using ranges:

 (1..5).each { send_sms_to("xxx") } 

Note: ranges constructed using .. are run from start to finish, inclusive.