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Higher-Order Procedures

02.24.2010

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        Source: <a href="http://github.com/sandal/rbp-book/raw/gh-pages/pdfs/ch05.pdf">Chapter 5 - Functional Programming Techniques</a> [github.com] (Oâ€™Reillyâ€™s Ruby Best Practices) via <a href="http://www.rubyinside.com/free-chapters-ruby-best-practices-3004.html">RubyInside.com</a>

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class Filter
  def initialize
    @constraints = []
  end
  def constraint(&block)
    @constraints << block
  end
  def to_proc
    lambda { |e| @constraints.all? { |fn| fn.call(e) } }
  end
end

filter = Filter.new
filter.constraint { |x| x > 10 }
filter.constraint { |x| x.even? }
filter.constraint { |x| x % 3 == 0 }

p (8..24).select(&filter) #=> [12,18,24]