From: Phrogz <gavin@...>
Date: 2007-03-17T07:15:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Issues using array.delete within a loop of the same array

On Mar 16, 2:42 pm, james.d.mast...@gmail.com wrote:
> This is a simplified example for what I'm trying to do but gets the
> point across:
>
> irb(main):001:0> a = [1,2,3,4,5]
> => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
> irb(main):002:0> a.each {|e| a.delete e}
> => [2, 4]

a = [1,2,3,4,5]
(a.length-1).downto(0){ |i|
  a.delete_at( i )
}
p a
#=> []