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

irb(main):001:0>  a = ("a".."z").to_a
=> 
["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "
s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z"]
irb(main):002:0>  for i in 1..a.size/2
irb(main):003:1>  a.delete_at(i)
irb(main):004:1>  end
=>  1..13
irb(main):005:0>  a
=>  ["a", "c", "e", "g", "i", "k", "m", "o", "q", "s", "u", "w", "y"]
irb(main):006:0>