(Ruby) How do you check whether a range contains a subset of another range?

Question

If I have two ranges that overlap:

x = 1..10
y = 5..15

When I say:

puts x.include? y 

the output is:

Answer 1

This method can be used to test overlap between multiple ranges in an efficient way:

def range_overlap?(ranges)
  sorted_ranges = ranges.sort
  sorted_ranges.each_cons(2).each do |r1, r2|
    return true if r2.first <= r1.last
  end
  return false
end


def test(r)
  puts r.inspect, range_overlap?(r)
  puts '================'
  r = r.reverse
  puts r.inspect, range_overlap?(r)
  puts '================'
end


test [[1,9], [10, 33]]
test [[1,10], [5, 8]]
test [[1,10], [10, 33]]