method

rotate

v1_9_3_125 - Show latest stable - Class: Array

rotate(p1 = v1)

public

Returns new array by rotating self so that the element at cnt in self is the first element of the new array. If cnt is negative then it rotates in the opposite direction.

a = [ "a", "b", "c", "d" ]
a.rotate         #=> ["b", "c", "d", "a"]
a                #=> ["a", "b", "c", "d"]
a.rotate(2)      #=> ["c", "d", "a", "b"]
a.rotate(-3)     #=> ["b", "c", "d", "a"]

static VALUE
rb_ary_rotate_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE ary)
{
    VALUE rotated, *ptr, *ptr2;
    long len, cnt = 1;

    switch (argc) {
      case 1: cnt = NUM2LONG(argv[0]);
      case 0: break;
      default: rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", NULL);
    }

    len = RARRAY_LEN(ary);
    rotated = rb_ary_new2(len);
    if (len > 0) {
        cnt = rotate_count(cnt, len);
        ptr = RARRAY_PTR(ary);
        ptr2 = RARRAY_PTR(rotated);
        len -= cnt;
        MEMCPY(ptr2, ptr + cnt, VALUE, len);
        MEMCPY(ptr2 + len, ptr, VALUE, cnt);
    }
    ARY_SET_LEN(rotated, RARRAY_LEN(ary));
    return rotated;
}

rotate

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