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| author | Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> | 2010-06-05 01:13:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Xavier Noria <fxn@hashref.com> | 2010-06-05 01:15:17 +0200 |
| commit | 67a43554f153a3ddb97039b5fac305c0619dd372 (patch) | |
| tree | defe65bc4dec8844525c93a348dfc9a97eacf237 /railties/guides | |
| parent | 6401ab587021b78c3dc5e4a5ac831823a9258481 (diff) | |
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removes Array#random_element and backports Array#sample from Ruby 1.9, thanks to Marc-Andre Lafortune
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| -rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.textile | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile | 16 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/railties/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.textile b/railties/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.textile index 2a8d7fbcdb..75c03be87c 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/3_0_release_notes.textile @@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ These are the main changes in Active Support: * Active Support no longer provides vendored versions of "TZInfo":http://tzinfo.rubyforge.org/, "Memcache Client":http://deveiate.org/projects/RMemCache/ and "Builder":http://builder.rubyforge.org/, these are all included as dependencies and installed via the <tt>bundle install</tt> command. * Safe buffers are implemented in <tt>ActiveSupport::SafeBuffer</tt>. * Added <tt>Array.uniq_by</tt> and <tt>Array.uniq_by!</tt>. +* Removed <tt>Array#rand</tt> and backported <tt>Array#sample</tt> from Ruby 1.9. * Fixed bug on +TimeZone.seconds_to_utc_offset+ returning wrong value. * Added <tt>ActiveSupport::Notifications</tt> middleware. * <tt>ActiveSupport.use_standard_json_time_format</tt> now defaults to true. diff --git a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile index de82e871a6..6c3a005daf 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile @@ -1927,13 +1927,23 @@ Similarly, +from+ returns the tail from the element at the passed index on: The methods +second+, +third+, +fourth+, and +fifth+ return the corresponding element (+first+ is builtin). Thanks to social wisdom and positive constructiveness all around, +forty_two+ is also available. -You can pick a random element with +random_element+: +NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/array/access.rb+. + +h4. Random Access + +Active Support backports +sample+ from Ruby 1.9: + +You can pick a random element with +sample+: <ruby> -shape_type = [Circle, Square, Triangle].random_element +shape_type = [Circle, Square, Triangle].sample +# => Square, for example + +shape_types = [Circle, Square, Triangle].sample(2) +# => [Triangle, Circle], for example </ruby> -NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/array/access.rb+. +NOTE: Defined in +active_support/core_ext/array/random_access.rb+. h4. Options Extraction |