except(*keys) public

Returns a hash that includes everything but the given keys.

hash = { a: true, b: false, c: nil}
hash.except(:c) # => { a: true, b: false}
hash # => { a: true, b: false, c: nil}

This is useful for limiting a set of parameters to everything but a few known toggles:

@person.update(params[:person].except(:admin))
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May 1, 2014
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Passing an array of keys to exclude.

Use the “*” before passing the array in. For example:

PARAMS_TO_SCRUB = [ :created_at, :updated, :id, :format ]

params.except!( *PARAMS_TO_SCRUB )