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  • Ishan Sharma
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    Does the drop method only remove 2 elements from the array ?

    Posted on Jun 6, 2019 by Ishan Sharma
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  • Ahmed Mohamed Fouad
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    .slice method is not removing elements from the original array

    Posted on Mar 26, 2018 by Ahmed Mohamed Fouad
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  • Javier Pacheco
    Javier Pacheco
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    .slice removes items from Array.

    Posted on Mar 22, 2017 by Javier Pacheco
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  • Mirshad Oz
    Mirshad Oz
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    Please update the last part of the lesson in Code Samples section. array.slice method does NOT actually remove items

    Posted on Dec 24, 2016 by Mirshad Oz
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  • Kody Ellis
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    Why can't I delete more than 1 thing in a Ruby array using .delete_at?

    Posted on Sep 21, 2015 by Kody Ellis
    Kody Ellis
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  • Sean Flanagan
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    What's up with the console?

    Posted on Aug 28, 2015 by Sean Flanagan
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  • Ron L
    Ron L
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    Using .drop(2) in Ruby version 2.2.1 drops the first two items (not the last two)

    Posted on Aug 26, 2015 by Ron L
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  • Gareth Powell
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    Indexing query

    Posted on May 17, 2015 by Gareth Powell
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  • Eric Blomberg
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    Teacher's notes for this video incorrect

    Posted on Jan 9, 2015 by Eric Blomberg
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  • Kevin Lozandier
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    Cannot get .drop() to extract two items from grocery list.

    Posted on Sep 26, 2014 by Kevin Lozandier
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