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Ruby - Enumerable - each_with_index

  • nickcameron
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    The challenge statement, here:

    your task is to complete the skip_animals method that takes an animals array and a skip integer and returns an array of all elements except first skip number of items as shown in the example below.

    doesn't exactly explain what the skip_animals method is supposed to do—you have to return an array of the elements with the indices prefixed like the example shows.

    I've noticed a lot of the Ruby challenges hide parts of the source code from you, and I think it can be useful to see everything that's being run to help learn even more about the language. Luckily, with File.read(__FILE__) we can see the full source code.

    The full source code for this challenge is as follows.

    def skip_animals(animals, skip)
    # Your code here
end

a1 = ['bat', 'cow', 'jaguar', 'panda', 'tiger', 'deer']
a2 = ['leopard', 'bear', 'fox', 'wolf', 'dog', 'cat']

def _print_animals(animals, skip)
  animals_ = []
  animals.each_with_index do |item, index|
    next if index < skip
    animals_.push("#{index}:#{item}")
  end
  animals_
end

user_result1 = skip_animals(a1, 3)
user_result2 = skip_animals(a2, 0)
test_result1 = _print_animals(a1, 3)
test_result2 = _print_animals(a2, 0)

if not (user_result1.is_a? Array and user_result2.is_a? Array)
  puts 'Your method must return an array.'
  exit(0)
end

if (user_result1 != test_result1) or (user_result2 != test_result2)
  puts 'Wrong! Please check the return value of your program.'
  exit(0)
end

puts 'Correct! You have a good understanding of Ruby.'