Method: Range#to_a

Defined in:
range.c

#to_a ⇒ Array #entries ⇒ Array

Returns an array containing the items in the range.

(1..7).to_a  #=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
(1..).to_a   #=> RangeError: cannot convert endless range to an array

Overloads:

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# File 'range.c', line 830

static VALUE
range_to_a(VALUE range)
{
    if (NIL_P(RANGE_END(range))) {
	rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "cannot convert endless range to an array");
    }
    return rb_call_super(0, 0);
}