method

insert

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insert(*args) public

Inserts the given values before the element with the given index.

Negative indices count backwards from the end of the array, where -1 is the last element. If a negative index is used, the given values will be inserted after that element, so using an index of -1 will insert the values at the end of the array.

a = %w{ a b c d }
a.insert(2, 99)         #=> ["a", "b", 99, "c", "d"]
a.insert(-2, 1, 2, 3)   #=> ["a", "b", 99, "c", 1, 2, 3, "d"]

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static VALUE
rb_ary_insert(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE ary)
{
    long pos;

    rb_check_arity(argc, 1, UNLIMITED_ARGUMENTS);
    rb_ary_modify_check(ary);
    pos = NUM2LONG(argv[0]);
    if (argc == 1) return ary;
    if (pos == -1) {
        pos = RARRAY_LEN(ary);
    }
    else if (pos < 0) {
        long minpos = -RARRAY_LEN(ary) - 1;
        if (pos < minpos) {
            rb_raise(rb_eIndexError, "index %ld too small for array; minimum: %ld",
                     pos, minpos);
        }
        pos++;
    }
    rb_ary_splice(ary, pos, 0, argv + 1, argc - 1);
    return ary;
}

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