Module: ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Array::RandomAccess

Included in:
Array
Defined in:
lib/active_support/core_ext/array/random_access.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#rand ⇒ Object

This method is deprecated because it masks Kernel#rand within the Array class itself, which may be used by a 3rd party library extending Array in turn. See

https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/4555



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/array/random_access.rb', line 10

def rand # :nodoc:
  ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn 'Array#rand is deprecated and will be removed in Rails 3. Use "random_element" instead', caller
  random_element
end

#random_element ⇒ Object

Returns a random element from the array.



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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/array/random_access.rb', line 16

def random_element
  self[Kernel.rand(length)]
end