Class: Array

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Array

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Defined in:

lib/wordnik_ruby_helpers.rb

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

• - (Object) jiggle(max_deviation = 5)

  Randomly move around the contents of the array, but not by too much.

• - (Object) remove_blanks
• - (Object) remove_first_element

  Like Array.shift, but returns the array instead of removed the element.

• - (Object) remove_last_element

  Like Array.pop, but returns the array instead of removed the element.

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# File 'lib/wordnik_ruby_helpers.rb', line 310

def jiggle(max_deviation=5)
  replacement = []
  self.each_slice(max_deviation) {|a| replacement << a.shuffle }
  replacement
end

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# File 'lib/wordnik_ruby_helpers.rb', line 295

def remove_blanks
  self.reject{ |e| e.blank? }
end

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# File 'lib/wordnik_ruby_helpers.rb', line 300

def remove_first_element
  self[1..self.size]
end

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# File 'lib/wordnik_ruby_helpers.rb', line 305

def remove_last_element
  self[0..self.size-2]
end