Delete from array while iterating

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Hi all,

I want to delete an element from an array when it matches a condition.
But I first want to print something to the screen when a amùcth is
found.

I know a.delete_if but can I somehow add that print to the screen next
to the condition? If not , is there an alternative way to delete from
an array while iterating?

thanks
Stijn

2

[2,3,4,5,6].delete_if{|x| (x%2==0) && (puts x) }
2
4
6

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On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Tarscher <tarscher@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I want to delete an element from an array when it matches a condition.
But I first want to print something to the screen when a amùcth is
found.

I know a.delete_if but can I somehow add that print to the screen next
to the condition? If not , is there an alternative way to delete from
an array while iterating?

thanks
Stijn

3

Alle Wednesday 25 March 2009, Tarscher ha scritto:

Hi all,

I want to delete an element from an array when it matches a condition.
But I first want to print something to the screen when a amùcth is
found.

I know a.delete_if but can I somehow add that print to the screen next
to the condition? If not , is there an alternative way to delete from
an array while iterating?

thanks
Stijn

In the block you can do anything you want. Just make sure you return a true
value or a false value depending on whether the element should be removed or
not. Here's an example:

a = [1,-1,-2,2,3]

a.delete_if do |i|
  if i < 0
    puts "#{i} will be deleted"
    true
  else false
  end
end

This will return [1,2,3] and give the following output:

-1 will be deleted
-2 will be deleted

I hope this helps

Stefano

4

What makes you think you cannot print in the block of a delete_if?

irb(main):009:0> a = (1..5).to_a
=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
irb(main):010:0> a.delete_if {|x| printf "Found %4d\n", x; x % 3 == 0}
Found 1
Found 2
Found 3
Found 4
Found 5
=> [1, 2, 4, 5]
irb(main):011:0> a
=> [1, 2, 4, 5]

robert

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2009/3/25 Tarscher <tarscher@gmail.com>:

I want to delete an element from an array when it matches a condition.
But I first want to print something to the screen when a amùcth is
found.

I know a.delete_if but can I somehow add that print to the screen next
to the condition? If not , is there an alternative way to delete from
an array while iterating?

--
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5

Err, that won't work. puts returns nil so the block will never return
true and none of the items will be removed.

We'd have to do:

arr.delete_if do |e|
  if e.matches(condition)
    puts e
    true
  end
end

Note: this can work w/o an else because the whole if expression will
return nil if none of the conditions match.

cheers,
lasitha

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On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:30 PM, RubyTalk@gmail.com <rubytalk@gmail.com> wrote:

[2,3,4,5,6].delete_if{|x| (x%2==0) && (puts x) }
2
4
6