Wouldn't it make more sense to use each rather than map for that example? %w{apple pear banana}.each {|f| puts "#{f} is a fruit."} => apple is a fruit

Wouldn't it make more sense to use each rather than map for that example? %w{apple pear banana}.each {|f| puts "#{f} is a fruit."} => apple is a fruit => pear is a fruit => banana is a fruit Map is for creating a new array with each of the results in it, like this: %w{apple pear banana}.map {|f| "#{f} is a fruit."} =>["apple is a fruit.", "pear is a fruit.", "banana is a fruit."] which would return an array with each of the strings in it.