Class: Array

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/mcollective/monkey_patches.rb

Overview

a method # that walks an array in groups, pass a block to call the block on each sub array

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#in_groups_of(chunk_size, padded_with = nil, &block) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/mcollective/monkey_patches.rb', line 32

def in_groups_of(chunk_size, padded_with=nil, &block)
  arr = clone

  # how many to add
  padding = chunk_size - (arr.size % chunk_size)

  # pad at the end
  arr.concat([padded_with] * padding) unless padding == chunk_size

  # how many chunks we'll make
  count = arr.size / chunk_size

  # make that many arrays
  result = []
  count.times {|s| result << arr[s * chunk_size, chunk_size]}

  if block_given?
    result.each_with_index do |a, i|
      case block.arity
      when 1
        yield(a)
      when 2
        yield(a, (i == result.size - 1))
      else
        raise "Expected 1 or 2 arguments, got #{block.arity}"
      end
    end
  else
    result
  end
end