Returns elements from self; does not modify self.
When no argument is given, returns the first element:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2] a.first # => :foo a # => [:foo, "bar", 2]
If self is empty, returns nil.
When non-negative Integer argument n is given, returns the first n elements in a new Array:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2] a.first(2) # => [:foo, "bar"]
If n >= array.size, returns all elements:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2] a.first(50) # => [:foo, "bar", 2]
If n == 0 returns an new empty Array:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2] a.first(0) # []
Related: last.
Adds to array all elements from each Array in other_arrays; returns self:
a = [0, 1] a.concat([2, 3], [4, 5]) # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Returns a new Array containing only those elements from self that are not found in any of the Arrays other_arrays; items are compared using eql?; order from self is preserved:
[0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1].difference([1]) # => [0, 2, 3] [0, 1, 2, 3].difference([3, 0], [1, 3]) # => [2] [0, 1, 2].difference([4]) # => [0, 1, 2]
Returns a copy of self if no arguments given.
Related: Array#-.
Removes and returns trailing elements.
When no argument is given and self is not empty, removes and returns the last element:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2] a.pop # => 2 a # => [:foo, "bar"]
Returns nil if the array is empty.
When a non-negative Integer argument n is given and is in range, removes and returns the last n elements in a new Array:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2] a.pop(2) # => ["bar", 2]
If n is positive and out of range, removes and returns all elements:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2] a.pop(50) # => [:foo, "bar", 2]
Returns true if the count of elements in self is zero, false otherwise.
Calls the block, if given, with each element of self; returns a new Array containing those elements of self for which the block returns a truthy value:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2, :bam] a1 = a.select {|element| element.to_s.start_with?('b') } a1 # => ["bar", :bam]
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2, :bam] a.select # => #<Enumerator: [:foo, "bar", 2, :bam]:select>
Array#filter is an alias for Array#select.
Calls the block, if given with each element of self; removes from self those elements for which the block returns false or nil.
Returns self if any elements were removed:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2, :bam] a.select! {|element| element.to_s.start_with?('b') } # => ["bar", :bam]
Returns nil if no elements were removed.
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2, :bam] a.select! # => #<Enumerator: [:foo, "bar", 2, :bam]:select!>
Array#filter! is an alias for Array#select!.
Calls the block, if given, with each element of self; returns a new Array containing those elements of self for which the block returns a truthy value:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2, :bam] a1 = a.select {|element| element.to_s.start_with?('b') } a1 # => ["bar", :bam]
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2, :bam] a.select # => #<Enumerator: [:foo, "bar", 2, :bam]:select>
Array#filter is an alias for Array#select.
Calls the block, if given with each element of self; removes from self those elements for which the block returns false or nil.
Returns self if any elements were removed:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2, :bam] a.select! {|element| element.to_s.start_with?('b') } # => ["bar", :bam]
Returns nil if no elements were removed.
Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2, :bam] a.select! # => #<Enumerator: [:foo, "bar", 2, :bam]:select!>
Array#filter! is an alias for Array#select!.
Transposes the rows and columns in an Array of Arrays; the nested Arrays must all be the same size:
a = [[:a0, :a1], [:b0, :b1], [:c0, :c1]] a.transpose # => [[:a0, :b0, :c0], [:a1, :b1, :c1]]
Returns a new Array containing all non-nil elements from self:
a = [nil, 0, nil, 1, nil, 2, nil] a.compact # => [0, 1, 2]
Removes all nil elements from self.
Returns self if any elements removed, otherwise nil.
Returns a new Array containing all but the first n element of self, where n is a non-negative Integer; does not modify self.
Examples:
a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] a.drop(0) # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] a.drop(1) # => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] a.drop(2) # => [2, 3, 4, 5]
Returns true if no element of self meet a given criterion.
With no block given and no argument, returns true if self has no truthy elements, false otherwise:
[nil, false].none? # => true [nil, 0, false].none? # => false [].none? # => true
With a block given and no argument, calls the block with each element in self; returns true if the block returns no truthy value, false otherwise:
[0, 1, 2].none? {|element| element > 3 } # => true [0, 1, 2].none? {|element| element > 1 } # => false
If argument obj is given, returns true if obj.=== no element, false otherwise:
['food', 'drink'].none?(/bar/) # => true ['food', 'drink'].none?(/foo/) # => false [].none?(/foo/) # => true [0, 1, 2].none?(3) # => true [0, 1, 2].none?(1) # => false
Related: Enumerable#none?
Returns true if exactly one element of self meets a given criterion.
With no block given and no argument, returns true if self has exactly one truthy element, false otherwise:
[nil, 0].one? # => true [0, 0].one? # => false [nil, nil].one? # => false [].one? # => false
With a block given and no argument, calls the block with each element in self; returns true if the block a truthy value for exactly one element, false otherwise:
[0, 1, 2].one? {|element| element > 0 } # => false [0, 1, 2].one? {|element| element > 1 } # => true [0, 1, 2].one? {|element| element > 2 } # => false
If argument obj is given, returns true if obj.=== exactly one element, false otherwise:
[0, 1, 2].one?(0) # => true [0, 0, 1].one?(0) # => false [1, 1, 2].one?(0) # => false ['food', 'drink'].one?(/bar/) # => false ['food', 'drink'].one?(/foo/) # => true [].one?(/foo/) # => false
Related: Enumerable#one?
Packs the contents of arr into a binary sequence according to the directives in aTemplateString (see the table below) Directives “A,” “a,” and “Z” may be followed by a count, which gives the width of the resulting field. The remaining directives also may take a count, indicating the number of array elements to convert. If the count is an asterisk (“*”), all remaining array elements will be converted. Any of the directives “sSiIlL” may be followed by an underscore (“_”) or exclamation mark (“!”) to use the underlying platform’s native size for the specified type; otherwise, they use a platform-independent size. Spaces are ignored in the template string. See also String#unpack.
a = [ "a", "b", "c" ] n = [ 65, 66, 67 ] a.pack("A3A3A3") #=> "a b c " a.pack("a3a3a3") #=> "a\000\000b\000\000c\000\000" n.pack("ccc") #=> "ABC"
If aBufferString is specified and its capacity is enough, pack uses it as the buffer and returns it. When the offset is specified by the beginning of aTemplateString, the result is filled after the offset. If original contents of aBufferString exists and it’s longer than the offset, the rest of offsetOfBuffer are overwritten by the result. If it’s shorter, the gap is filled with “\0”.
# packed data is appended by default [255].pack("C", buffer:"foo".b) #=> "foo\xFF" # "@0" (offset 0) specifies that packed data is filled from beginning. # Also, original data after packed data is removed. ("oo" is removed.) [255].pack("@0C", buffer:"foo".b) #=> "\xFF" # If the offset is bigger than the original length, \x00 is filled. [255].pack("@5C", buffer:"foo".b) #=> "foo\x00\x00\xFF"
Note that “buffer:” option does not guarantee not to allocate memory in pack. If the capacity of aBufferString is not enough, pack allocates memory.
Directives for pack.
Integer | Array |
Directive | Element | Meaning
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
C | Integer | 8-bit unsigned (unsigned char)
S | Integer | 16-bit unsigned, native endian (uint16_t)
L | Integer | 32-bit unsigned, native endian (uint32_t)
Q | Integer | 64-bit unsigned, native endian (uint64_t)
J | Integer | pointer width unsigned, native endian (uintptr_t)
| | (J is available since Ruby 2.3.)
| |
c | Integer | 8-bit signed (signed char)
s | Integer | 16-bit signed, native endian (int16_t)
l | Integer | 32-bit signed, native endian (int32_t)
q | Integer | 64-bit signed, native endian (int64_t)
j | Integer | pointer width signed, native endian (intptr_t)
| | (j is available since Ruby 2.3.)
| |
S_ S! | Integer | unsigned short, native endian
I I_ I! | Integer | unsigned int, native endian
L_ L! | Integer | unsigned long, native endian
Q_ Q! | Integer | unsigned long long, native endian (ArgumentError
| | if the platform has no long long type.)
| | (Q_ and Q! is available since Ruby 2.1.)
J! | Integer | uintptr_t, native endian (same with J)
| | (J! is available since Ruby 2.3.)
| |
s_ s! | Integer | signed short, native endian
i i_ i! | Integer | signed int, native endian
l_ l! | Integer | signed long, native endian
q_ q! | Integer | signed long long, native endian (ArgumentError
| | if the platform has no long long type.)
| | (q_ and q! is available since Ruby 2.1.)
j! | Integer | intptr_t, native endian (same with j)
| | (j! is available since Ruby 2.3.)
| |
S> s> S!> s!> | Integer | same as the directives without ">" except
L> l> L!> l!> | | big endian
I!> i!> | | (available since Ruby 1.9.3)
Q> q> Q!> q!> | | "S>" is the same as "n"
J> j> J!> j!> | | "L>" is the same as "N"
| |
S< s< S!< s!< | Integer | same as the directives without "<" except
L< l< L!< l!< | | little endian
I!< i!< | | (available since Ruby 1.9.3)
Q< q< Q!< q!< | | "S<" is the same as "v"
J< j< J!< j!< | | "L<" is the same as "V"
| |
n | Integer | 16-bit unsigned, network (big-endian) byte order
N | Integer | 32-bit unsigned, network (big-endian) byte order
v | Integer | 16-bit unsigned, VAX (little-endian) byte order
V | Integer | 32-bit unsigned, VAX (little-endian) byte order
| |
U | Integer | UTF-8 character
w | Integer | BER-compressed integer
Float | Array |
Directive | Element | Meaning
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D d | Float | double-precision, native format
F f | Float | single-precision, native format
E | Float | double-precision, little-endian byte order
e | Float | single-precision, little-endian byte order
G | Float | double-precision, network (big-endian) byte order
g | Float | single-precision, network (big-endian) byte order
String | Array |
Directive | Element | Meaning
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A | String | arbitrary binary string (space padded, count is width)
a | String | arbitrary binary string (null padded, count is width)
Z | String | same as ``a'', except that null is added with *
B | String | bit string (MSB first)
b | String | bit string (LSB first)
H | String | hex string (high nibble first)
h | String | hex string (low nibble first)
u | String | UU-encoded string
M | String | quoted printable, MIME encoding (see also RFC2045)
| | (text mode but input must use LF and output LF)
m | String | base64 encoded string (see RFC 2045)
| | (if count is 0, no line feed are added, see RFC 4648)
| | (count specifies input bytes between each LF,
| | rounded down to nearest multiple of 3)
P | String | pointer to a structure (fixed-length string)
p | String | pointer to a null-terminated string
Misc. | Array |
Directive | Element | Meaning
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@ | --- | moves to absolute position
X | --- | back up a byte
x | --- | null byte
Returns the receiver.
string = "my string" string.itself.object_id == string.object_id #=> true
Invokes the method identified by symbol, passing it any arguments specified. When the method is identified by a string, the string is converted to a symbol.
BasicObject implements __send__, Kernel implements send. __send__ is safer than send when obj has the same method name like Socket. See also public_send.
class Klass def hello(*args) "Hello " + args.join(' ') end end k = Klass.new k.send :hello, "gentle", "readers" #=> "Hello gentle readers"
Returns an array with both a numeric and a big represented as Bignum objects.
This is achieved by converting numeric to a Bignum.
A TypeError is raised if the numeric is not a Fixnum or Bignum type.
(0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF+1).coerce(42) #=> [42, 4611686018427387904]
Calls the given block with each integer value from self up to limit; returns self:
a = [] 5.upto(10) {|i| a << i } # => 5 a # => [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] a = [] -5.upto(0) {|i| a << i } # => -5 a # => [-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0] 5.upto(4) {|i| fail 'Cannot happen' } # => 5
With no block given, returns an Enumerator.
Calls the given block self times with each integer in (0..self-1):
a = [] 5.times {|i| a.push(i) } # => 5 a # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
With no block given, returns an Enumerator.