solidus

Sup guys :wave:, more of a ruby question. Is there a way to do an early print and call `next` in a single line. I tried doing something like this and it doesn't work as I expected, I was expecting it to print "ONE" and then "2":

`3.1.1 :005 &gt; (1..5).each do |n| puts "ONE" and next if n==1 ; puts n end`
`ONE`
`1`
`2`
`3`
`4`
`5`
 `=&gt; 1..5` 

`puts`  returns `nil`  which is considered false-y so the "right-hand side" of your `and`  is not evaluated...

To get your example working you would have to spread it over multiple lines:

```(1..5).each do |n|
  if n == 1
    puts 'ONE'
    next
  end
  puts n
end```
Or use some other for m for the conditional check:

```# Ternary operator
(1..5).each { |n| puts(n == 1 ? 'ONE' : n) }

# Or if-then-else clause
(1..5).each { |n| if n == 1 then puts 'ONE' else puts n end }```

Awesome <@U7UJGQS3C>; thanks so much!. Given that I think `p` instead of `puts` will work.