From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-04-20T02:53:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there an "in" operator in ruby ?

Dinesh Umanath wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I want to do this manipulation. I have an array say @test=[2,4,6,8]. 
> How can i compare a given number against the values which are present in 
> this array? ie.
> 
> In a for loop i will be Iterating through a sequence of number say 1 to 
> 10, and i want to take each of these number 1 to 10 and check if this 
> number is present in the given array @test, if it is present then i want 
> to execute some sequence of steps, How can i do this check in ruby ?
> 
> Is there a kind of "in" operator in ruby ?

It's backwards from the way you want it.

   array.include?(element)

I invite you to go to rcrchive.org and view RCR 241
and vote for it.  ;)


Cheers,
Hal