From: Mayank Kohaley <mayank.kohaley@...>
Date: 2011-03-25T16:23:46+09:00
Subject: Re: break from select

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a = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]
a = a.select { |x| x%2 == 0 }
a = a.slice(0,5)
puts "#{a.inspect}"

Is this what you are expecting?


On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Venkat Surabhi <surabhiamar.mech@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>    I have an array like a = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14]
>    I need to select elements which are divisible by 2 and select only
> 5 elements.
>
>    col = a.select do |e|
>      e %2 == 0
>    end
>
>    I get all the elements into col which are divisible by 2 and working
> fine.
>
>    what if I want to select only 5 elements
>    I am trying below code
>    i = 0
>     col = a.select do |e|
>      i += 1
>      break if i > 5
>      e %2 == 0
>    end
>
>    Now col returns nil.
>    Also used return but getting error.
>
>    Any solution for this.
>
> Thanks,
> Venkat
>
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>
>


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Mayank Kohaley

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