From: "Kroeger Simon (ext)" <simon.kroeger.ext@...>
Date: 2005-09-06T18:15:56+09:00
Subject: Re: how to do insertion and smooth traversal simultaneously on array

 

> From: William James [mailto:w_a_x_man@yahoo.com] 
> [...]
> 
> If the array isn't flat:
> -----------------------------------------
> a = [ [81,"&"], 82, 83, [84,"@"], 85 ]
> a = (0...a.size).to_a.zip(a)
> p a
> a = a.inject([]) { |ary,x|
>   if x[0] % 2 == 0  # even index ?
>     ary += [ ":-)", x[1] ]
>   else
>     ary << x[1]
>   end
> }
> p a
> -----------------------------------------
> [[0, [81, "&"]], [1, 82], [2, 83], [3, [84, "@"]], [4, 85]]
> [":-)", [81, "&"], 82, ":-)", 83, [84, "@"], ":-)", 85]

and another one:
-----------------------------------------
a = [ [81,"&"], 82, 83, [84,"@"], 85 ]
a = (0...a.size).to_a.zip(a)
p a
a.reverse_each do |i, v|
  if i % 2 == 0 # even index ?
    a.insert(i, [nil, ':-)'])
  end
end
p a.transpose[1]
-----------------------------------------
[[0, [81, "&"]], [1, 82], [2, 83], [3, [84, "@"]], [4, 85]]
[":-)", [81, "&"], 82, ":-)", 83, [84, "@"], ":-)", 85]

cheers

Simon