ActiveSupport::ArrayInquirer
Jan 16, 2022
What would you do if you want to check if array consists of particular values?
This must be the first solution in your mind
[:sym1, :sym2].include?(:sym1)
#=> trueBut what if i put all the elements as strings?
["str1", "str2"]Now you have to check it with string..like “str1" or “str2”
something like this
["str1", "str2"].include?("str1")So you don't have a feasible solution!
That’s where ActiveSupport::ArrayInquirer comes into the action.
You just need to create the array object of ActiveSupport::ArrayInquirer
ar = ActiveSupport::ArrayInquirer.new(["str", :sym, "str2"])ar.str? #=> true
ar.sym? #=> true
ar.abc? #=> false
We also have any? method for this object, which doesn’t care about symbols or strings! and gives true if any of the values match!
ar.any?(:str) #=> true
ar.any?("sym") #=> trueHope this blog post added a value in your knowledge about ActiveSupport
Happy coding!
