Method: Array#pop

Defined in:

array.c

#pop ⇒ Object^? #pop(n) ⇒ Object

Removes the last element from self and returns it, or nil if the array is empty.

If a number n is given, returns an array of the last n elements (or less) just like array.slice!(-n, n) does.

a = [ "a", "b", "c", "d" ]
a.pop     #=> "d"
a.pop(2)  #=> ["b", "c"]
a         #=> ["a"]

Overloads:

• #pop ⇒ Object^?

  Returns:

  • (Object, nil)

# File 'array.c'

static VALUE
rb_ary_pop_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE ary)
{
VALUE result;

if (argc == 0) {
return rb_ary_pop(ary);
}