From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2008-06-18T15:32:50+09:00
Subject: Re: quick question about how array objects are handled

Hi --

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Teleolurian wrote:

> I don't think there's an in place editor for delete_if, so you'd want
>
> _array = _array.delete_if {|x| x.match(/^\./)}

delete_if operates on the array in place:

irb(main):001:0> a = [1,2,3]
=> [1, 2, 3]
irb(main):002:0> a.delete_if {|e| e == 1 }
=> [2, 3]
irb(main):003:0> a
=> [2, 3]


David

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