Can map/collect return fewer values than are found in the ta

Ruby
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Is there a way for collect to return fewer items than the enumerable the
collect is running on? It looks to me like
map/collect will return at least one value for each item in the array –
I’ve seen examples of how to return more items, but
not less.

Is there a way to do this more succinctly:

VOWELS = %w{a e i o u}
items = %w{ a b c d e f g h i}
new_items = []
items.each do |item|
new_items << item unless VOWELS.include(item)
end
new_items

map/collect in ruby seems very similar to map in perl except that in
perl
the block can return zero or more elements. Is there an method in ruby
that
is similar to perl’s map?

Thanks,

-Kelly

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On Feb 8, 2006, at 8:18 PM, Kelly Dwight F. wrote:

VOWELS = %w{a e i o u}
ruby that
is similar to perl’s map?

Thanks,

-Kelly

new_items = items.reject { |item| VOWELS.include?(item) }

or

new_items = items.select { |item| true unless VOWELS.include?(item) }

or

new_items = items.inject([]) { |list, item| list << item unless
VOWELS.include?(item); list }

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On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 10:18:46AM +0900, Kelly Dwight F. wrote:

new_items = []
items.each do |item|
new_items << item unless VOWELS.include(item)
end
new_items

map/collect in ruby seems very similar to map in perl except that in perl
the block can return zero or more elements. Is there an method in ruby that
is similar to perl’s map?

Looks like you want Arry#select. In fact, take a look at the docs :wink:

----------------------------------------------------------- Array#select
array.select {|item| block } -> an_array

 Invokes the block passing in successive elements from _array_,
 returning an array containing those elements for which the block
 returns a true value (equivalent to +Enumerable#select+).

    a = %w{ a b c d e f }
    a.select {|v| v =~ /[aeiou]/}   #=> ["a", "e"]

marcel

4

items.inject([]){|a,i| a << i unless VOWELS.include?(i); a}

Kent.

5

Thanks much everyone. I think the combo of map with compact is what I
needed.

-Kelly

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Logan C. wrote:

new_items = items.select { |item| true unless VOWELS.include?(item) }

new_items = items.select { |item| not VOWELS.include?(item) }

robert
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The difference seems to be that Ruby’s interpretation of map seems to be
stricter than Perl’s, e.g. for one item in the original Array, there’s
exactly one corresponding item in the result.

If you want a method with the behaviour similar to Perl’s, you could do:

class Array
	def pl_map(&block)
		map(&block).compact.flatten
	end
end

new_items = items.pl_map { | item | item if VOWELS.include(item) }

David V.

DÅ?a Å tvrtok 09 Február 2006 02:18 Kelly Dwight F. napísal:

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On 2006-02-09, Kelly Dwight F. [email protected] wrote:

Is there a way for collect to return fewer items than the enumerable
the collect is running on?

Strictly speaking, no (AFAIK), but it’s easy to fake it. Use
Array#collect with a block that returns nil when you don’t want an
element, then Array#compact the result.

Similarly, to get the effect of a block returning multiple values to
Array#collect, just have the block return an Array and then
Array#flatten the result.

Cheers,

Jeremy H.