How do I unsplat something?

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Hi,
Is there any easy to unsplat an item?
ie. 1 becomes [1]
    [2,3] remains [2,3] ?

so far i found:
a = *[1]
*b = *a #=> [1]
a = *[1,2]
*b = *a #=> [1,2]

but this doesn't work if a is a hash, because hash overrides the to_a
method
a = *[{"a"=>1}]
*b = *a #=> [["a",1]] when i actually want: [{"a"=>1}]

Thanks for helping
  -Patrick

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What result are you trying to get?

  robert

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On 12.08.2008 18:21, Patrick Li wrote:

Is there any easy to unsplat an item?
ie. 1 becomes [1]
    [2,3] remains [2,3] ?

so far i found:
a = *[1]
*b = *a #=> [1]
a = *[1,2]
*b = *a #=> [1,2]

but this doesn't work if a is a hash, because hash overrides the to_a
method
a = *[{"a"=>1}]
*b = *a #=> [["a",1]] when i actually want: [{"a"=>1}]

3

# this do?

def unsplat(x)
   return .flatten
end

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On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Patrick Li <patrickli_2001@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi,
Is there any easy to unsplat an item?
ie. 1 becomes [1]
   [2,3] remains [2,3] ?

so far i found:
a = *[1]
*b = *a #=> [1]
a = *[1,2]
*b = *a #=> [1,2]

but this doesn't work if a is a hash, because hash overrides the to_a
method
a = *[{"a"=>1}]
*b = *a #=> [["a",1]] when i actually want: [{"a"=>1}]

Thanks for helping
-Patrick
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Yup that does nicely. Thanks very much.

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Just a warning, #flatten is not the inverse of splat, because it
recurses arbitrary levels of nested array.

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On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Shadowfirebird <shadowfirebird@gmail.com> wrote:

# this do?

def unsplat(x)
  return .flatten
end

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Hi,

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On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Patrick Li <patrickli_2001@hotmail.com> wrote:

Yup that does nicely. Thanks very much.

Are you sure you want to flatten that far? Why not just arrayify?

Array(1) # => 1
Array([2,3]) # => [2,3]
Array([4,[5,6]]) # => [4,[5,6]]

~ j.

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I can't use Array() because I want:
{"a"=>2} to become [{"a"=>2}]

so far: flatten is the best so far... except that it recursively
flattens inner arrays too... which is not ideal but workable for my
current use.

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There was a ruby quiz that included implementations of a single-level
flatten[1]. Taking from James Gray's solution[2], and minding your
requirements regarding hashes, what about this:

def unsplat(the_splatted)
  if the_splatted.kind_of?(Hash)
    [the_splatted]
  else
    [the_splatted].inject(Array.new) { |arr, a| arr.push(*a) }
  end
end

unsplat(1) # => [1]
unsplat([2,3]) # => [2, 3]
unsplat([4,[5,6]]) # => [4, [5, 6]]
unsplat({'a'=>2}) # => [{"a"=>2}]

HTH,
Chris

[1] Ruby Quiz - One-Liners (#113)
[2] http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/238693

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On Aug 12, 1:14 pm, Patrick Li <patrickli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:

I can't use Array() because I want:
{"a"=>2} to become [{"a"=>2}]

so far: flatten is the best so far... except that it recursively
flattens inner arrays too... which is not ideal but workable for my
current use.

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# How about:

def unsplat(thing)
   if thing.kind_of?(Array)
      thing
   else
      [thing]
   end
end

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On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Chris Shea <cmshea@gmail.com> wrote:

On Aug 12, 1:14 pm, Patrick Li <patrickli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:

I can't use Array() because I want:
{"a"=>2} to become [{"a"=>2}]

so far: flatten is the best so far... except that it recursively
flattens inner arrays too... which is not ideal but workable for my
current use.

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There was a ruby quiz that included implementations of a single-level
flatten[1]. Taking from James Gray's solution[2], and minding your
requirements regarding hashes, what about this:

def unsplat(the_splatted)
if the_splatted.kind_of?(Hash)
   [the_splatted]
else
   [the_splatted].inject(Array.new) { |arr, a| arr.push(*a) }
end
end

unsplat(1) # => [1]
unsplat([2,3]) # => [2, 3]
unsplat([4,[5,6]]) # => [4, [5, 6]]
unsplat({'a'=>2}) # => [{"a"=>2}]

HTH,
Chris

[1] Ruby Quiz - One-Liners (#113)
[2] http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/238693

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10

lol yeah. Shadowfirebird's hack is the one i'm currently using. I just
wanted to know if there was a easier one-liner way of doing it. It
seemed plausible for there to be reverse operator given a splat
operator.

Anyway thanks for the help
  -Patrick

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