Class: Array

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Array

Defined in:

lib/searchlink/array.rb

Overview

Array helpers

Instance Method Summary

• #longest_element ⇒ String

  This method takes an array and returns the longest element of that array.

• #longest_elements ⇒ Array

  Finds the longest elements and returns an Array.

• #shortest_element ⇒ String

  Finds the shortest element in an array of strings.

• #shortest_elements ⇒ Array

  Finds the shortest elements in an array of strings.

Instance Method Details

#longest_element ⇒ String

This method takes an array and returns the longest element of that array.

Returns:

• (String) —

  Longest string in array

# File 'lib/searchlink/array.rb', line 9

def longest_element
  longest_elements[0]
end

#longest_elements ⇒ Array

Finds the longest elements and returns an Array

Returns:

• (Array) —

  array of longest elements

# File 'lib/searchlink/array.rb', line 16

def longest_elements
  group_by(&:size).max.last
end

#shortest_element ⇒ String

Finds the shortest element in an array of strings

Returns:

• (String) —

  first element among shortest elements

# File 'lib/searchlink/array.rb', line 23

def shortest_element
  shortest_elements[0]
end

#shortest_elements ⇒ Array

Finds the shortest elements in an array of strings

Returns:

• (Array) —

  array of shortest elements

# File 'lib/searchlink/array.rb', line 30

def shortest_elements
  group_by(&:size).min.last
end