Can I pass an array and a block as a parameter? - ruby-on-rails

Currently learning to create blocks and my own version of Array methods. I was wondering if I could pass an array and a block as parameters to a method. Below is the code I am working on and it should be self-explanatory in what it should do but I keep getting an error. Especially with the method call and where I pass the block.
def mapper(arr, &prc)
new_array = []
arr.length.times do |i|
new_array << prc.call(arr[i])
end
new_array
end
mapper([1,2,3,4], {|i| i * 2})

You can do it by passing the block outside the parentheses (adjacent to the method call):
p mapper([1, 2, 3, 4]) { |index| index * 2 }
# [2, 4, 6, 8]
Otherwise it'll result in a syntax error. Ruby won't know where the block is being passed.
As a side note, you can also define only the array as a needed argument, and then yield the block being passed:
def mapper(arr)
arr.size.times.map do |i|
yield(arr[i])
end
end
p mapper([1, 2, 3, 4]) { |index| index * 2 }
# [2, 4, 6, 8]

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Using .map function to create hashes

I have an array [5,2,6,4] and I would like to create a structure such as the first minus the second etc until the last row.
I have tried using map, but not sure how to proceed since i might need indxes.
I would like to store the result in something that looks like:
{1 => (5, 2, 3), 2 =>(2,6,-4), 3 => (6,4,2)}
So an array of x should return x-1 hashes.
Anybody knows how to do? should be a simple one.
Thank you.
First, you want to work with the array elements in pairs: 5,2, 2,6, ... That means you want to use each_cons:
a.each_cons(2) { |(e1, e2)| ... }
Then you'll want the index to get the 1, 2, ... hash keys; that suggests throwing a Enumerator#with_index into the mix:
a.each_cons(2).with_index { |(e1, e2), i| ... }
Then you can use with_object to get the final piece (the hash) into play:
a.each_cons(2).with_index.with_object({}) { |((e1, e2), i), h| h[i + 1] = [e1, e2, e1 - e2] }
If you think all the parentheses in the block's arguments are too noisy then you can do it in steps rather than a single one-liner.
You can use each_index:
a = [5, 2, 6, 4]
h = {}
a[0..-2].each_index { |i| h[i+1] = [a[i], a[i+1], a[i] - a[i+1]] }
h
=> {1=>[5, 2, 3], 2=>[2, 6, -4], 3=>[6, 4, 2]}
Try to use
each_with_index
Suppose you have an array:
arr = [3,[2,3],4,5]
And you want to covert with hash(key-value pair). 'Key' denotes an index of an array and 'value' denotes value of an array. Take a blank hash and iterate with each_with_index and pushed into the hash and finally print the hash.
Try this:
hash={}
arr.each_with_index do |val, index|
hash[index]=val
end
p hash
Its output will be:
{0=>3, 1=>[2, 3], 2=>4, 3=>5}
If you want that index always starts with 1 or 2 etc then use
arr.each.with_index(1) do |val, index|
hash[index] = val
end
Output will be:
{1=>3, 2=>[2, 3], 3=>4, 4=>5}

Iterating Over 2 Arrays And Building A New Array From Matches

Ok so I have an array of 'winner ids' this array represents users who have won in the previous round of a tournament. I then have an array of objects called 'tournament participations', this represents all the users that have participated in the tournament (many to many relationship join table).
For each 'winner id' I want to iterate through the 'tournament participations' array and find the tournament participation with a user_id that matches the 'winner id', then push it into a new array called 'round participations'...
I have tried the code below but I always get returned the original 'winner_ids' array....
#challenges = Challenge.where(tournament_id: #tournament.id)
#winner_ids = #challenges.pluck(:winner_id)
#tournament_participations = #tournament.tournament_participations
#round_participations = []
#round_participations = #winner_ids.each do |winner_id|
#round_participation = #tournament_participations.where(user_id: winner_id)
#round_participations << #round_participation
end
each returns the enumerable it was called on; in this case, #winner_ids.each is returning #winner.ids. You don't need to assign the result of the iteration to #round_participations.
Also, check out the map method.
Use the map method, instead of .each.
The map method can be used to create a new array based on the original array, but with the values modified by the supplied block. See the below example.
In case of each method
irb(main):001:0> arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
irb(main):002:0> arr.each { |a| print a -= 10, " " }
-9 -8 -7 -6 -5
=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
you can see after iterations it returned the original array. But in the case of map
irb(main):005:0> arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
irb(main):006:0> arr.map { |a| 2*a }
=> [2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
map can transform the contents of an array, meaning that it can perform an operation on each element in the array.

What is the best way to access an element from 2d array saved as a hash value?

I have a hash, its values are 2 dimensional arrays, e.g.
hash = {
"first" => [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]],
"second" => [[7,88,9],[6,2,6]]
}
I want to access the elements to print them in xls file.
I did it in this way:
hash.each do |key, value|
value.each do |arr1|
arr1.each do |arr2|
arr2.each do |arr3|
sheet1.row(row).push arr3
end
end
end
end
Is there a better way to access each single element without using each-statement 4 times?
The desired result is to get each value from key-value pair as an array, e.g.
=> [1,2,3,4,5,6] #first loop
=> [7,88,9,6,2,6] #second loop
#and so on
hash = { "first" =>[[1, 2,3],[4,5,6]],
"second"=>[[7,88,9],[6,2,6]] }
hash.values.map(&:flatten)
#=> [[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], [7, 88, 9, 6, 2, 6]]
Isn't it as simple as something like:
hash.each do |k,v|
sheet1.row(row).concat v.flatten
end

remove array from multidimensional array if first 3 values aren't unique in ruby on rails

OK, so I have this array of arrays. Each array within the larger array is very much the same, ten specific values. If my value at location 3 is a specific value, then I want to iterate through the rest of the remaining arrays within the larger array and see if the first 3 values at locations 0, 1, and 2 match. if they then match, I'd like to delete the original array. I'm having a hard time with it, maybe there is an easy way? I'm sure there is, I'm fairly new to this whole coding stuff =) So much appreciation in advance for your help....
here's where I'm at:
#projectsandtrials.each do |removed|
if removed[3] == ["Not Harvested"]
#arraysforloop = #projectsandtrials.clone
#arraysforloop1 = #arraysforloop.clone.delete(removed)
#arraysforloop1.each do |m|
if (m & [removed[0], removed[1], removed[2]]).any?
#projectsandtrials.delete(removed)
end
end
end
end
Lets look at your situation:
#projectsandtrials.each do |removed|
// some logic, yada yada
#projectsandtrials.delete(removed)
end
You can't just delete stuff out of an array you're iterating through. At least not until you finish iterating through it. What you should be using instead is a filtering method like reject instead of just an each.
So instead of deleting right there, you should just return true when using reject.
I think about it like this when iterating through arrays.
Do I want the array to stay the same size and have the same content?
Use each.
Do I want the array to be the same size, but have different content?
Use map.
Do I want the array to be less than or equal to the current size?
Use select or reject.
Do I want it to end up being a single value?
Use reduce.
Code
def prune(arr, val)
arr.values_at(*(0..arr.size-4).reject { |i| arr[i][3] == val &&
arr[i+1..i+3].transpose[0,3].map(&:uniq).all? { |a| a.size==1 } }.
concat((arr.size-3..arr.size-1).to_a))
end
Example
arr = [ [1,2,3,4,0],
[3,4,5,6,1],
[3,4,5,4,2],
[3,4,5,6,3],
[3,4,5,6,4],
[3,4,0,6,5],
[2,3,5,4,6],
[2,3,5,5,7],
[2,3,5,7,8],
[2,3,5,8,9],
[2,3,5,7,0]
]
Notice that the last values of the elements (arrays) of arr are consecutive. This is to help you identify the elements of prune(arr, 4) (below) that have been dropped.
prune(arr, 4)
# => [[3, 4, 5, 6, 1],
# [3, 4, 5, 4, 2],
# [3, 4, 5, 6, 3],
# [3, 4, 5, 6, 4],
# [3, 4, 0, 6, 5],
# [2, 3, 5, 5, 7],
# [2, 3, 5, 7, 8],
# [2, 3, 5, 8, 9],
# [2, 3, 5, 7, 0]]
Explanation
The arrays at indices 0 and 6 have not been included in array returned.
arr[0] ([1,2,3,4,0]) has not been included because arr[0][3] = val = 4 and arr[1], arr[2] and arr[3] all begin [3,4,5].
arr[6] ([2,3,5,4,6]) has not been included because arr[6][3] = 4 and arr[7], arr[8] and arr[9] all begin [2,3,5].
arr[2] ([3,4,5,5,2]) has been included because, while arr[2][3] = 4, arr[3][0,3], arr[4][0,3] and arr[5][0,3] all not all equal (i.e., arr[5][2] = 0).
Notice that the last three elements of arr will always be included in the array returned.
Now let's examine the calculations. First consider the following.
arr.size
#=> 11
a = (0..arr.size-4).reject { |i| arr[i][3] == val &&
arr[i+1..i+3].transpose[0,3].map(&:uniq).all? { |a| a.size==1 } }
#=> (0..7).reject { |i| arr[i][3] == val &&
arr[i+1..i+3].transpose[0,3].map(&:uniq).all? { |a| a.size==1 } }
#=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7]
Consider reject's block calculation for i=0 (recall val=4).
arr[i][3] == val && arr[i+1..i+3].transpose[0,3].map(&:uniq).all? {|a| a.size==1 }}
#=> 4 == 4 && arr[1..3].transpose[0,3].map(&:uniq).all? { |a| a.size==1 }
#=> [[3,4,5,6,1],
# [3,4,5,4,2],
# [3,4,5,6,3]].transpose[0,3].map(&:uniq).all? { |a| a.size==1 }
#=> [[3, 3, 3],
# [4, 4, 4],
# [5, 5, 5],
# [6, 4, 6],
# [1, 2, 3]][0,3].map(&:uniq).all? { |a| a.size==1 }
#=> [[3, 3, 3],
# [4, 4, 4],
# [5, 5, 5]].map(&:uniq).all? { |a| a.size==1 }
#=> [[3], [4], [5]].all? { |a| a.size==1 }
#=> true
meaning arr[0] is to be rejected; i.e., not included in the returned array.
The remaining block calculations (for i=1,...,10) are similar.
We have computed
a #=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7]
which are the indices of all elements of arr except the last 3 that are to be retained. To a we add the indices of the last three elements of arr.
b = a.concat((arr.size-3..arr.size-1).to_a)
#=> a.concat((8..10).to_a)
#=> a.concat([8,9,10])
#=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Lastly,
arr.values_at(*b)
returns the array given in the example.
Your code snippet seems fine, although there are couple of things to note:
#arraysforloop.clone.delete(removed) removes all the occurences of removed array (not only the first one). E.g. [1,2,3,1].delete(1) would leave you with [2,3]. You could fix it with using an iterator for #projectsandtrials and delete_at method.
delete method returns the same argument you pass to it (or nil if no matches found). So #arraysforloop1 = #arraysforloop.clone.delete(removed) makes your #arraysforloop1 to contain the removed array's elements only! Removing an assignment could save you.
I see no reason to have two cloned arrays, #arraysforloop and #arraysforloop1, as the former one is not used anyhow later. May be we could omit one of them?
#projectsandtrials.delete(removed) leaves you in a strange state, as long as you're iterating the same array right now. This could end up with you missing the right next element after the removed one. Here is a simple snippet to illustrate the behaviour:
> a = [1,2,3]
> a.each{|e, index| puts("element is: #{e}"); a.delete(1);}
element is: 1
element is: 3
As you see, after deleting element 1 the loop moved to element 3 directly, omitting the 2 (as it became the first element in array and algorithm thinks it's been handled already).
One of the possibilities to make it less messy is to split it to a bundle of methods. Here is an option:
def has_searched_element? row
# I leave this method implementation to you
end
def next_rows_contain_three_duplicates?(elements, index)
# I leave this method implementation to you
end
def find_row_ids_to_remove elements
[].tap do |result|
elements.each_with_index do |row, index|
condition = has_searched_element?(row) && next_rows_contain_three_duplicates?(elements, index)
result << index if condition
end
end
end
row_ids_to_remove = find_row_ids_to_remove(#projectsandtrials)
# now remove all the elements at those ids out of #projectsandtrials

How to get the max of an arbitrary function in Ruby?

Consider some function foo:
def foo(input)
input * 2
end
How to get the max value of input for some array a?
a = [3, 5, 7, 9, 6]
Something like the following (which doesn't work) should return 9:
a.max do |value|
foo(value)
end
How to do it?
Ruby 1.9.2
You need max_by , not max. http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Enumerable.html#method-i-max_by
max:
Returns the object in enum with the maximum value. The first form
assumes all objects implement Comparable; the second uses the block to
return a <=> b.
a = %w(albatross dog horse)
a.max #=> "horse"
a.max {|a,b| a.length <=> b.length } #=> "albatross"
So max does take a block, but it doesn't do what you expected it to.
max_by:
Returns the object in enum that gives the maximum value from the given
block.
If no block is given, an enumerator is returned instead.
a = %w(albatross dog horse)
a.max_by {|x| x.length } #=> "albatross"
use array map: a.map{|v|foo(v)}.max

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