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 >>3
 </code>
+Blocks are used also to iterating over enumerations. As an example consider the equivalent definition of the //sum// function shown below:
+<code>
+>def sum (@args) {
+  args.inject: 0 into: { |total, next| total + next}
+}
+>><closure:sum>
+>sum(1,2,3)
+>>6
+</code>
+Note that inject is a method invoked to the table //args//. We elaborate on native data types and its operations in the next section.