How to simplify ruby block with one argument?

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Published on 2010-04-22T08:01:06Z Indexed on 2010/04/22 8:03 UTC
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Somewhere i saw a way to simplify ruby blocks with one argument, it basically omitted vertical bars and argument declaration, because it was somehow inlined. I cannot find it anymore or remember any names t osearch for. Can you help?

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