From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2007-07-22T11:44:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Method to return elements of an array in numeric 'rank'?

Jenny Purcell wrote:

> I would expect there would be an existing method that works off of the
> array class that would do this, and I'd like to check on that before
> (painfully) writing my own nested loops that would do the same thing.

See http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Enumerable.html#M003151

Look at sort_by


Also, in your code, consider representing objects of interest (such as 
horses and races) by defining suitable classes.

I think you code would be easier to follow if, for example, it managed a 
  collection of Horse objects.



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