From: Stephen Celis <stephen.celis@...>
Date: 2008-06-18T08:55:44+09:00
Subject: Re: quick question about how array objects are handled

You want array.delete_if

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Array.html#M000307

On Jun 17, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Chance Dinkins wrote:

> Btw, thanks in advance for any help - this community seems great!
>
> I'm using the following line to try to remove objects from an array  
> that
> begin with .
>     _array.each{|item| item.gsub(/^[\.][.]*/){|match|
> _array.delete(match)}}
>
> and although the match is functioning properly, the _array still
> contains the values after being deleted. I've wondered if
> Array.delete("param") actually returns the resulting array but that
> doesnt seem to be the case. How do I go about actually altering the
> state of the current array if the above is not done correctly?
>
> Thanks for your help!
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