require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/array/conversions' class Array #:nodoc: include ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Array::Conversions # Iterate over an array in groups of a certain size, padding any remaining # slots with specified value (nil by default). # # E.g. # # %w(1 2 3 4 5 6 7).in_groups_of(3) {|g| p g} # ["1", "2", "3"] # ["4", "5", "6"] # ["7", nil, nil] def in_groups_of(number, fill_with = nil, &block) require 'enumerator' collection = dup collection << fill_with until collection.size.modulo(number).zero? collection.each_slice(number, &block) end # Divide the array into one or more subarrays based on a delimiting +value+ # or the result of an optional block. # # ex. # # [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].split(3) # => [[1, 2], [4, 5]] # (1..10).to_a.split { |i| i % 3 == 0 } # => [[1, 2], [4, 5], [7, 8], [10]] def split(value = nil, &block) block ||= Proc.new { |e| e == value } inject([[]]) do |results, element| if block.call(element) results << [] else results.last << element end results end end end