From: Konrad Meyer <konrad@...>
Date: 2007-08-09T18:30:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Collect objects from an array based on one unique parameter

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On Thursday 09 August 2007 02:24:46 am Milo Thurston wrote:
> If one has an array of objects, each containing various values, what
> means are there to find all the objects where one of these particular
> values is unique?

And only those unique values?

  names =3D names.uniq    # or

  names.uniq!           # I'm using the same variable name used in your
                        # example code

> I have done this using a hash to record values I've seen before (code
> attached), but wondered if there might be another way, e.g. using
> collect.
>=20
> Attachments:
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/76/modeltest.rb

=2D-=20
Konrad Meyer <konrad@tylerc.org> http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/

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