From: David Chelimsky <dchelimsky@...>
Date: 2008-01-04T09:58:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Finding if an array contains a data type

On Jan 3, 2008 6:52 PM, Tim Hunter <TimHunter@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> So, here's how to use it:
>
> irb(main):001:0> x=["a","b",2, "c"]
> => ["a", "b", 2, "c"]
> irb(main):002:0> x.any? {|p| p.is_a? Numeric}
> => true

Sam - I'd go with Tim's suggestion (.any?) rather than what I proposed (.find).

.find returns the first object in the Array, whereas .any? returns
boolean, which seems to be a better fit (semantically) for what you're
after.

Cheers,
David