Ruby | Array shift() function
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06 Dec, 2019
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Array#shift() : shift() is a Array class method which removes the first element of self and returns it or nil if the array is empty.
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Syntax: Array.shift() Parameter: Array Return: removes the first element of self and returns it or nil if the array is empty.Example #1 :
# Ruby code for shift() method
# declaring array
a = [18, 22, 33, nil, 5, 6]
# declaring array
b = [1, 4, 1, 1, 88, 9]
# declaring array
c = [18, 22, 50, 6]
# shift method example
puts "shift() method form : #{a.shift()}\n\n"
puts "shift() method form : #{b.shift(2)}\n\n"
puts "shift() method form : #{c.shift(3)}\n\n"
shift() method form : 18 shift() method form : [1, 4] shift() method form : [18, 22, 50]Example #2 :
# Ruby code for shift() method
# declaring array
a = ["abc", "nil", "dog"]
# declaring array
c = ["cat", nil]
# declaring array
b = ["cow", nil, "dog"]
# shift method example
puts "shift() method form : #{a.shift()}\n\n"
puts "shift() method form : #{b.shift()}\n\n"
puts "shift() method form : #{c.shift()}\n\n"
shift() method form : abc shift() method form : cow shift() method form : cat
