From: David Chelimsky <dchelimsky@...>
Date: 2008-01-04T10:00:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Finding if an array contains a data type

On Jan 3, 2008 6:58 PM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Although I wonder what your opinion (Tim) is on is_a? vs ===.

>
> Cheers,
> David
>