method

shift

v2_1_10 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: Hash

shift() public

Removes a key-value pair from hsh and returns it as the two-item array [ key, value ], or the hash’s default value if the hash is empty.

h = { 1 => "a", 2 => "b", 3 => "c" }
h.shift   #=> [1, "a"]
h         #=> {2=>"b", 3=>"c"}

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static VALUE
rb_hash_shift(VALUE hash)
{
    struct shift_var var;

    rb_hash_modify_check(hash);
    if (RHASH(hash)->ntbl) {
        var.key = Qundef;
        if (RHASH_ITER_LEV(hash) == 0) {
            if (st_shift(RHASH(hash)->ntbl, &var.key, &var.val)) {
                return rb_assoc_new(var.key, var.val);
            }
        }
        else {
            rb_hash_foreach(hash, shift_i_safe, (VALUE)&var);
            if (var.key != Qundef) {
                rb_hash_delete_key(hash, var.key);
                return rb_assoc_new(var.key, var.val);
            }
        }
    }
    return hash_default_value(hash, Qnil);
}

shift

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