Class: Array

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
extend/array.rb

Direct Known Subclasses

Homebrew::CLI::NamedArgs

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#to_sentence(words_connector: ", ", two_words_connector: " and ", last_word_connector: " and ") ⇒ Object

Converts the array to a comma-separated sentence where the last element is joined by the connector word.

You can pass the following kwargs to change the default behavior:

  • :words_connector - The sign or word used to join all but the last element in arrays with three or more elements (default: “, “).
  • :last_word_connector - The sign or word used to join the last element in arrays with three or more elements (default: “, and “).
  • :two_words_connector - The sign or word used to join the elements in arrays with two elements (default: “ and “).

==== Examples

[].to_sentence # => “” [‘one’].to_sentence # => “one” [‘one’, ‘two’].to_sentence # => “one and two” [‘one’, ‘two’, ‘three’].to_sentence # => “one, two, and three” [‘one’, ‘two’].to_sentence(two_words_connector: ‘-‘) # => “one-two”

[‘one’, ‘two’, ‘three’].to_sentence(words_connector: ‘ or ‘, last_word_connector: ‘ or at least ‘) # => “one or two or at least three” Copyright (c) David Heinemeier Hansson

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# File 'extend/array.rb', line 51

def to_sentence(words_connector: ", ", two_words_connector: " and ", last_word_connector: " and ")
  case length
  when 0
    +""
  when 1
    # This is not typesafe, if the array contains a BasicObject
    +T.unsafe(self[0]).to_s
  when 2
    +"#{self[0]}#{two_words_connector}#{self[1]}"
  else
    +"#{T.must(self[0...-1]).join(words_connector)}#{last_word_connector}#{self[-1]}"
  end
end