Method: Enumerable#sole

Defined in:
activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/enumerable.rb

#sole ⇒ Object

Returns the sole item in the enumerable. If there are no items, or more than one item, raises Enumerable::SoleItemExpectedError.

["x"].sole          # => "x"
Set.new.sole        # => Enumerable::SoleItemExpectedError: no item found
{ a: 1, b: 2 }.sole # => Enumerable::SoleItemExpectedError: multiple items found



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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/enumerable.rb', line 211

def sole
  case count
  when 1   then return first # rubocop:disable Style/RedundantReturn
  when 0   then raise ActiveSupport::EnumerableCoreExt::SoleItemExpectedError, "no item found"
  when 2.. then raise ActiveSupport::EnumerableCoreExt::SoleItemExpectedError, "multiple items found"
  end
end