From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2008-08-03T01:00:35+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:18084] Re: New array methods cycle, choice, shuffle (plus bug in cycle)

On Aug 2, 2008, at 5:15 AM, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

> Here are choices:
>
> * Array#rand (or random, or random_element): pick one random element
>  from an array.  some might confuse the method to behave like
>  #shuffle though.

There's probably not a big chance of random_element() being confused.

> * Array#sample: this method can take an optional argument for element
>  number.  Like #first, the method returns an array if an argument is
>  given.

So sample() would return one element, while sample(1) would return a  
one element Array?  I really like that option.

James Edward Gray II