Skip over iteration in Enumerable#collect

Question

(1..4).collect do |x|
  next if x == 3
  x + 1
end # => [2, 3, nil, 5]
    # desired => [2, 3, 5]

If the condition for next is m

Answer 1

i would suggest to use:

(1..4).to_a.delete_if {|x| x == 3}

instead of the collect + next statement.