Use .select! to remove elements from an array
You want to delete elements which doesn't fulfil a condition? Are you going to use a for
loop or .each
iterator?
array.each do |element|
array.delete(element) if element.field < 1
end
It won't work! Some unexpected elements might be still in this array. It's because the array.length
changes.
Use .select!
instead:.
array.select! { |element| element.field >= 1 }
Or as @kv109 suggested, .reject!
:
array.reject! { |element| element.field < 1 }
Written by Maciej Ciemborowicz
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I think Array#reject! is what you are looking for.
over 1 year ago
·
@kv109 Thanks, it's probably the most accurate method:).
over 1 year ago
·
I'd mention that there's select
and reject
alternatives on enumerable objects that do not mutate the original object (called the "receiver" in the context of message-passing). those come useful when you want to ensure the original object does not change but you need a filtered set of elements.
over 1 year ago
·
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