small refactoring

steveklabnik · Jan 17, 2012 · 5441357 · 5441357
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commit 5441357
Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/turing_tarpit.rb b/lib/turing_tarpit.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ def initialize(source_text)
     end
 
     def next(cell_value)
-      raise StopIteration if @chars.length == @index
+      validate_index 
+
       element = @chars[@index]
 
       case element
@@ -51,10 +52,10 @@ def next(cell_value)
         element = @chars[@index]
       when "]"
         if cell_value.zero?
-          while @chars[@index] == "]"
+          while element == "]"
             consume
             element = @chars[@index]
-            raise StopIteration if @chars.length == @index    
+            validate_index  
           end
         else
           jump_back
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ def next(cell_value)
     end
 
     private
+
+    def validate_index
+      raise StopIteration if @chars.length == @index
+    end
 
     def consume
       @index += 1