Try It - SoftOver

Ruby Sometimes I need to make a call that may fail. I do not want to give up immediately, but do not want to try forever neither. In this case a small try function comes in handy:

# Make +count+ attempts to yield a block
# ====Example:
#  def crazy_fun 
#    puts a=rand
#    raise if a<0.9 
#  end
#
#  try(5) {crazy_fun} rescue puts 'O-ops'
def try(count)
  begin
    yield
  rescue
    retry if (count-=1)>0
    raise
  end
end