ruby: how to know if script is on 3rd retry ?

begin
#some routine
rescue
retry
#on third retry, output "no dice!"
end

I want to make it so that on the "third" retry, print a message.

From stackoverflow puqt

• Possibly not the best solution, but a simple way is just to make a tries variable.

  tries = 0
  begin
    # some routine
  rescue
    tries += 1
    retry if tries <= 3
    puts "no dice!"
  end
  

  From jtbandes

• 3.times do
    begin
      ...
    rescue
      ...
    end
    break
  end
  

  or

  k = 0
  begin
  #some routine
  rescue    
    k += 1
    retry if k < 3
    # no dice
  end
  

  DigitalRoss : The best of the early answers...
  From glebm

• class Integer
    def times_try
      n = self
      begin
        n -= 1
        yield
      rescue
        raise if n < 0
        retry
      end
    end
  end
  
  begin
    3.times_try do
      #some routine
    end
  rescue
    puts 'no dice!'
  end
  

  From Justice

• The gem attempt is designed for this, and provides the option of waiting between attempts. I haven't used it myself, but it seems to be a great idea.

  Otherwise, it's the kind of thing blocks excel at, as other people have demonstrated.

  From Andrew Grimm