Class: Array

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/searchlink/array.rb

Overview

Array helpers

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#longest_element ⇒ String

Finds the longest element in an array of strings

Returns:

  • (String) —

    first element among longest elements



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# File 'lib/searchlink/array.rb', line 6

def longest_element
  longest_elements[0]
end

#longest_elements ⇒ Array

Finds the longest elements and returns an Array

Returns:

  • (Array) —

    array of longest elements



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# File 'lib/searchlink/array.rb', line 12

def longest_elements
  group_by(&:size).max.last
end

#shortest_element ⇒ String

Finds the shortest element in an array of strings

Returns:

  • (String) —

    first element among shortest elements



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# File 'lib/searchlink/array.rb', line 19

def shortest_element
  shortest_elements[0]
end

#shortest_elements ⇒ Array

Finds the shortest elements in an array of strings

Returns:

  • (Array) —

    array of shortest elements



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# File 'lib/searchlink/array.rb', line 26

def shortest_elements
  group_by(&:size).min.last
end