Ruby Array find_first object?

Question

Am I missing something in the Array documentation? I have an array which contains up to one object satisfying a certain criterion. I\'d like to efficiently find that objec

Answer 1

use array detect method if you wanted to return first value where block returns true

[1,2,3,11,34].detect(&:even?) #=> 2

OR

[1,2,3,11,34].detect{|i| i.even?} #=> 2

If you wanted to return all values where block returns true then use select

[1,2,3,11,34].select(&:even?)  #=> [2, 34]