U:RDoc::AnyMethod[iI"	step:ETI"Numeric#step;TF:publico:RDoc::Markup::Document:@parts[o:RDoc::Markup::Paragraph;	[I"MInvokes the given block with the sequence of numbers starting at +num+, ;TI";incremented by +step+ (defaulted to +1+) on each call.;To:RDoc::Markup::BlankLineo;
;	[I"PThe loop finishes when the value to be passed to the block is greater than ;TI"H+limit+ (if +step+ is positive) or less than +limit+ (if +step+ is ;TI"7negative), where +limit+ is defaulted to infinity.;T@o;
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I"BIn the recommended keyword argument style, either or both of ;TI"C+step+ and +limit+ (default infinity) can be omitted.  In the ;TI"3fixed position argument style, zero as a step ;TI"J(i.e. <code>num.step(limit, 0)</code>) is not allowed for historical ;TI"compatibility reasons.;T@o;
;	[I"KIf all the arguments are integers, the loop operates using an integer ;TI"
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;	[	I"KIf any of the arguments are floating point numbers, all are converted ;TI")to floats, and the loop is executed ;TI"3<i>floor(n + n*Float::EPSILON) + 1</i> times, ;TI")where <i>n = (limit - num)/step</i>.;T@o;
;	[	I":Otherwise, the loop starts at +num+, uses either the ;TI"Jless-than (<code><</code>) or greater-than (<code>></code>) operator ;TI"-to compare the counter against +limit+, ;TI"=and increments itself using the <code>+</code> operator.;T@o;
;	[I">If no block is given, an Enumerator is returned instead. ;TI"EEspecially, the enumerator is an Enumerator::ArithmeticSequence ;TI"Hif both +limit+ and +step+ are kind of Numeric or <code>nil</code>.;T@o;
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;TI"p 10.step(by: -1).take(4)
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num.step(by: step, to: limit) {|i| block }   ->  self
num.step(by: step, to: limit)                ->  an_enumerator
num.step(by: step, to: limit)                ->  an_arithmetic_sequence
num.step(limit=nil, step=1) {|i| block }     ->  self
num.step(limit=nil, step=1)                  ->  an_enumerator
num.step(limit=nil, step=1)                  ->  an_arithmetic_sequence
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