Tag: ruby

Like JavaScript anonymous undefined functions

With the yield statement

def test
   puts "You are in the method"
   yield
   puts "You are again back to the method"
   yield
end
test {puts "You are in the block"}


def test
   yield 5
   puts "You are in the method test"
   yield 100
end
test {|i| puts "You are in the block #{i}"}

With each on array

array.each do |element|
  puts element
end

Reduce
The above functions/methods take in an array, multiply all the elements together, then return the result. The main idea behind reduce is taking a bunch of things and reducing them down to a single value.

# Ruby
def getProduct(array)
  array.reduce do |accumulator, element|
    accumulator * element
  end
end 



// JavaScript
const getProduct = array => {
  return array.reduce((accumulator, element) => {
    return accumulator * element
  })
}


Filter/Select
The main idea behind filter / select is passing each element to a block; if the element makes the block truthy, the element is added to a new array.

# Ruby
def getOddNums(array)
  array.select { |element| element % 2 != 0 }
end 



// JavaScript
const getOddNums = array => {
  return array.filter((element) => {
    return element % 2 !== 0
  })
}

Map
array = ["11", "21", "5"]

array.map { |str| str.to_i }
# [11, 21, 5]

hash = { bacon: "protein", apple: "fruit" }

hash.map { |k,v| [k, v.to_sym] }.to_h
# {:bacon=>:protein, :apple=>:fruit}