On May 9, 2008, at 8:16 AM, Tim Conner wrote:
>  What is the best way to delete every other value in a ruby array?
>  e.g.
>  %w(a b c d e f g h i j k)
> 
>  becomes => [a c e g i k]
> 
>  thanks
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> 



cfp:~ >  cat a.rb
# the list
   a = %w(a b c d e f g h i j k)

# build your index up all at once
   evens = Array.new(a.size / 2){|i| i * 2}
   ods = Array.new(a.size / 2){|i| i * 2 + 1}

# apply it
   p a.values_at(*evens)
   p a.values_at(*ods)

# apply it destructively
   a.replace a.values_at(*evens)
   p a




cfp:~ >  ruby a.rb
["a", "c", "e", "g", "i"]
["b", "d", "f", "h", "j"]
["a", "c", "e", "g", "i"]




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