array.compat()
methodarray.compact()
is a Ruby method that removes all nil
values from an array and returns the array without any nil
values.
This method does not change or modify the original array. It only returns a copy of the array without
nil
values.
array.compact()
The compact()
method is only called on arrays. It takes no parameters.
A copy of array
is returned without any nil
value in it.
In the below code, we create different arrays. Then, we call the compact()
method on them. Finally, we print the returned values to the console.
# create different arraysarr1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, nil]arr2 = ["a", "b", "c", "d"]arr3 = [true, false, nil]arr4 = ["nil", "true", "false"]arr5 = [nil, nil, nil]arr6 = ["Python", "Java", nil, "JavaScript"]# remove nil values with compact() methoda = arr1.compact()b = arr2.compact()c = arr3.compact()d = arr4.compact()e = arr5.compact()f = arr6.compact()puts "#{arr1}.compact() = #{a}"puts "#{arr2}.compact() = #{b}"puts "#{arr3}.compact() = #{c}"puts "#{arr4}.compact() = #{d}"puts "#{arr5}.compact() = #{e}"puts "#{arr6}.compact() = #{f}"