method

union

ruby latest stable - Class: Array

union(*args)

public

Set Union — Returns a new array by joining other_arys with self, excluding any duplicates and preserving the order from the given arrays.

It compares elements using their #hash and #eql? methods for efficiency.

[ "a", "b", "c" ].union( [ "c", "d", "a" ] )    #=> [ "a", "b", "c", "d" ]
[ "a" ].union( ["e", "b"], ["a", "c", "b"] )    #=> [ "a", "e", "b", "c" ]
[ "a" ].union #=> [ "a" ]

See also Array#|.

static VALUE
rb_ary_union_multi(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE ary)
{
    int i;
    long sum;
    VALUE hash, ary_union;

    sum = RARRAY_LEN(ary);
    for (i = 0; i < argc; i++){
        argv[i] = to_ary(argv[i]);
        sum += RARRAY_LEN(argv[i]);
    }

    if (sum <= SMALL_ARRAY_LEN) {
        ary_union = rb_ary_new();

        rb_ary_union(ary_union, ary);
        for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) rb_ary_union(ary_union, argv[i]);

        return ary_union;
    }

    hash = ary_make_hash(ary);
    for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) rb_ary_union_hash(hash, argv[i]);

    ary_union = rb_hash_values(hash);
    ary_recycle_hash(hash);
    return ary_union;
}

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