method

compact!

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

compact!() public

Removes nil elements from array. Returns nil if no changes were made.

   [ "a", nil, "b", nil, "c" ].compact! #=> [ "a", "b", "c" ]
   [ "a", "b", "c" ].compact!           #=> nil

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/* 
 *  call-seq:
 *     array.compact!    ->   array  or  nil
 *
 *  Removes +nil+ elements from array.
 *  Returns +nil+ if no changes were made.
 *
 *     [ "a", nil, "b", nil, "c" ].compact! #=> [ "a", "b", "c" ]
 *     [ "a", "b", "c" ].compact!           #=> nil
 */

static VALUE
rb_ary_compact_bang(ary)
    VALUE ary;
{
    VALUE *p, *t, *end;

    rb_ary_modify(ary);
    p = t = RARRAY(ary)->ptr;
    end = p + RARRAY(ary)->len;
    
    while (t < end) {
        if (NIL_P(*t)) t++;
        else *p++ = *t++;
    }
    if (RARRAY(ary)->len == (p - RARRAY(ary)->ptr)) {
        return Qnil;
    }
    RARRAY(ary)->len = RARRAY(ary)->aux.capa = (p - RARRAY(ary)->ptr);
    REALLOC_N(RARRAY(ary)->ptr, VALUE, RARRAY(ary)->len);

    return ary;
}

compact!

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