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Courses Plus Student 7,016 PointsIndexing query
Hi.
To clarify slicing in Ruby, does writing the first number just apply for the index position?
For example, if i wrote '(5, 2)', does this mean to start at position/index 5 and from position 5 onwards, remove 2 items? Further, if one put (8, 1) or (0, 3), it always means start at the position of the first number in the parenthesis?
Thanks,
2 Answers
Owen Tran
6,822 Pointsslice(start, length) will return (not remove) the array at index(start) and for (length) many positions.
slice! will remove them from the array.
see below for a nice explanation: http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.2/Array.html#method-i-slice
Gareth Powell
Courses Plus Student 7,016 Pointsvery good and very quick! many thanks!