method

slice

v1_8_6_287 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: Array

slice(...) public

Element Reference—Returns the element at index, or returns a subarray starting at start and continuing for length elements, or returns a subarray specified by range. Negative indices count backward from the end of the array (-1 is the last element). Returns nil if the index (or starting index) are out of range.

   a = [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ]
   a[2] +  a[0] + a[1]    #=> "cab"
   a[6]                   #=> nil
   a[1, 2]                #=> [ "b", "c" ]
   a[1..3]                #=> [ "b", "c", "d" ]
   a[4..7]                #=> [ "e" ]
   a[6..10]               #=> nil
   a[-3, 3]               #=> [ "c", "d", "e" ]
   # special cases
   a[5]                   #=> nil
   a[5, 1]                #=> []
   a[5..10]               #=> []

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/* 
 *  call-seq:
 *     array[index]                -> obj      or nil
 *     array[start, length]        -> an_array or nil
 *     array[range]                -> an_array or nil
 *     array.slice(index)          -> obj      or nil
 *     array.slice(start, length)  -> an_array or nil
 *     array.slice(range)          -> an_array or nil
 *
 *  Element Reference---Returns the element at _index_,
 *  or returns a subarray starting at _start_ and
 *  continuing for _length_ elements, or returns a subarray
 *  specified by _range_.
 *  Negative indices count backward from the end of the
 *  array (-1 is the last element). Returns nil if the index
 *  (or starting index) are out of range.
 *
 *     a = [ "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ]
 *     a[2] +  a[0] + a[1]    #=> "cab"
 *     a[6]                   #=> nil
 *     a[1, 2]                #=> [ "b", "c" ]
 *     a[1..3]                #=> [ "b", "c", "d" ]
 *     a[4..7]                #=> [ "e" ]
 *     a[6..10]               #=> nil
 *     a[-3, 3]               #=> [ "c", "d", "e" ]
 *     # special cases
 *     a[5]                   #=> nil
 *     a[5, 1]                #=> []
 *     a[5..10]               #=> []
 *
 */

VALUE
rb_ary_aref(argc, argv, ary)
    int argc;
    VALUE *argv;
    VALUE ary;
{
    VALUE arg;
    long beg, len;

    if (argc == 2) {
        if (SYMBOL_P(argv[0])) {
            rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "Symbol as array index");
        }
        beg = NUM2LONG(argv[0]);
        len = NUM2LONG(argv[1]);
        if (beg < 0) {
            beg += RARRAY(ary)->len;
        }
        return rb_ary_subseq(ary, beg, len);
    }
    if (argc != 1) {
        rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", 0, 0);
    }
    arg = argv[0];
    /* special case - speeding up */
    if (FIXNUM_P(arg)) {
        return rb_ary_entry(ary, FIX2LONG(arg));
    }
    if (SYMBOL_P(arg)) {
        rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "Symbol as array index");
    }
    /* check if idx is Range */
    switch (rb_range_beg_len(arg, &beg, &len, RARRAY(ary)->len, 0)) {
      case Qfalse:
        break;
      case Qnil:
        return Qnil;
      default:
        return rb_ary_subseq(ary, beg, len);
    }
    return rb_ary_entry(ary, NUM2LONG(arg));
}

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