silly me, should of course be:

@test=[2,4,6,8]

(1..10).each do |n|
  if @test.include?(n)
    #execute code
  end
end

2006/4/19, Dirk Meijer <hawkman.gelooft / gmail.com>:
>
>
> @test=[2,4,6,8]
>
>
> (1..10).each do |n|
> if @test.include?(n)
>   #execute code
> end
>
>
> 2006/4/19, Jake McArthur <jake.mcarthur / gmail.com>:
>
> > ar = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
> > ar.include? 2          => true
> >
> > On Apr 19, 2006, at 10:45 AM, Dinesh Umanath wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I want to do this manipulation. I have an array say @test=[2,4,6,8].
> > > How can i compare a given number against the values which are
> > > present in
> > > this array? ie.
> > >
> > > In a for loop i will be Iterating through a sequence of number say
> > > 1 to
> > > 10, and i want to take each of these number 1 to 10 and check if this
> > > number is present in the given array @test, if it is present then i
> > > want
> > > to execute some sequence of steps, How can i do this check in ruby ?
> > >
> > > Is there a kind of "in" operator in ruby ?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank You
> > > Dinesh
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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