How can I run a command five times using Ruby?

Question

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

For example:

5 * send_sms_to("xxx"); 

Answer 1

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

5.times { send_sms_to("xxx") } 

For more info, see the times documentation and there's also the times section of Ruby Essentials

Answer 2

You can use the times method of the class Integer:

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 a upto/downto:

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