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title: Ruby For Loops
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## Ruby For Loops
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Ruby `for` loops are used to loop or iterate over a number of elements and execute a block of code for each element. For loops are often used on arrays. See section on <a href='https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/guides/blob/master/src/pages/ruby/ruby-arrays/index.md' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Ruby Arrays</a>.
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The `for` loop is merely one example of looping or iterating over elements. Below is an example of a for loop:
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```
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for element in array do
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puts element
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end
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```
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There are many many different ways in which you can execute a for loop or loop in Ruby, another such example would be:
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```
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element.each do |element|
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puts element
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end
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```
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This would achieve exactly the same results as the aforementioned for loop, it is however neater and more efficient as it makes use of Array's built in methods.
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To go one step further, we can write the above loop in the following way:
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```
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element.each do { |element| puts element }
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```
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