method

unshift

v2_6_3 - Show latest stable - 1 note - Class: Array

unshift(*args) public

Prepends objects to the front of self, moving other elements upwards. See also Array#shift for the opposite effect.

a = [ "b", "c", "d" ]
a.unshift("a")   #=> ["a", "b", "c", "d"]
a.unshift(1, 2)  #=> [ 1, 2, "a", "b", "c", "d"]

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static VALUE
rb_ary_unshift_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE ary)
{
    long len = RARRAY_LEN(ary);
    VALUE target_ary;

    if (argc == 0) {
        rb_ary_modify_check(ary);
        return ary;
    }

    target_ary = ary_ensure_room_for_unshift(ary, argc);
    ary_memcpy0(ary, 0, argc, argv, target_ary);
    ARY_SET_LEN(ary, len + argc);
    return ary;
}

February 11, 2010 - (v1_8_6_287 - v1_8_7_72)

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Using Unshift with Load Path's

Using unshift on your load path’s for Rails, Sinatra, etc, is a good way of ensuring that the file your including is going to be first.

Example

vendor = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'vendor')
$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.join(vendor, 'ultraviolet-0.10.5',  'lib'))

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