Good Ruubyist way

rubyonrails-talk
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a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] b = a + [nil] p a #=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] p b #=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, nil]

Is there any other Rubyist way to get the `b` array from `a` array?

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b = a.push nil

Walter

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Oh, duh, never mind, that pushes it onto a also.

Walter

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If what you really want is to add a nil element to a then you can just do a << nil or, as Walter suggested a.push nil

Colin

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Okay, this works:

1.9.3-p392 :009 > a => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

1.9.3-p392 :010 > b = [a, nil].flatten => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, nil]

1.9.3-p392 :011 > b => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, nil] 1.9.3-p392 :012 > a => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

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Colin Law wrote in post #1110051:

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OK, I thought it was worth checking. Often people do not ask the question that they should.

Colin

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a = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10] b= a.reverse.reverse

Can't tell if you are trolling or if you think that's actually a good idea. How about just doing:

a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] b = a.dup