From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-02-19T02:14:10+09:00
Subject: Re: where to check for nils or empty?

On Feb 18, 2008 11:05 AM, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 16, 2008 4:24 PM, Christopher Dicely <cmdicely@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Maybe something like this?
> >
> > class Whatever
> >   def initialize
> >     ...
> >     @reviews = [:firstReview, :secondReview, ...]
> >   end
> >
> >   def process array
> >     @reviews.inject(array) do |arr, review|
> >       break if arr.nil? || arr.empty?
> >       send(review, arr)
> >     end
> >   end
>
> You could also build the original array beforehand...
>
> (array - [[]]).compact

Also, depending on your data, you might have to do it backwards...

array.compact - [[]]

Todd