From: Marcelo Alvim <malvim@...>
Date: 2006-10-24T11:28:35+09:00
Subject: Re: How to remove empty element in an array

On 10/23/06, Li Chen <chen_li3@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think this time it should work: regxp for the empty sapce is ^\d*$.
>
> irb(main):003:0> a=[1,2,'','', 'a','b']
> => [1, 2, "", "", "a", "b"]
> irb(main):004:0> a.delete_if {|x| x=~/^\d*$/}
> => [1, 2, "a", "b"]

I'm sorry, isn't \d used for a digit?

irb(main):006:0> a = [1, '', 'a', '2', '3456']
=> [1, "", "a", "2", "3456"]
irb(main):007:0> a.delete_if{|x| x =~ /^\d*$/}
=> [1, "a"]

This one will delete any string that is made of numbers only.

Cheers,
Alvim.