From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@...>
Date: 2007-07-31T07:46:21+09:00
Subject: Re: array.include?

Hi,

Am Dienstag, 31. Jul 2007, 07:22:48 +0900 schrieb Tim Hunter:
> >On Jul 30, 11:17 am, Jeffrey Bowen <ja_bo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  
> >>if @status_array.include? @status_number
> >>else
> >>   @status_array << @status_number
> >>end
> >>    
> >  
> If it was me, I'd just use a hash instead of an array, with 
> @status_number as the key and anything (1, for example) as the value. 
> Let the hash object figure out if @status_number is already a key. It'll 
> be fast, and any time you need a list of status_numbers, just call 
> hash.keys.

Probably it is useful to count them.

  @status_hash = Hash.new 0
  ...
  @status_hash[ status_number] += 1

Bertram


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