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Feature #12318

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Returning the evaluated value of a block

Added by sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada) over 8 years ago. Updated almost 7 years ago.

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Closed
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Target version:
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[ruby-core:75183]

Description

I often achieve an element using an iterator with a block, and then apply the same/a similar block to the element I get. Examples are:

[7, 8, 9]
.max_by{|e| e % 3}
.tap{|e| break e % 3}
# => 2

["foo", "bar", "baz"]
.find{|e| e[/(.)\1/]}
.tap{|e| break e[/(.)\1/]}
# => "oo"

I would like a method on Enumerator that returns the result of the block rather than the original element in the iterator. Not sure about the name, but if I call it and_return temporary, it should look like:

[7, 8, 9]
.max_by.and_return{|e| e % 3}
# => 2

["foo", "bar", "baz"]
.find.and_return{|e| e[/(.)\1/]}
# => "oo"

Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) over 8 years ago

It doesn't seem generic enough to be defined in Enumerator.
The receiver enumerator may return different object than its elements nor the results of the given block, whereas that and_return has to manage the association of them.

Why not simpler:

[7, 8, 9].map {|e| e % 3}.max
# => 2
["foo", "bar", "baz"].find {|e| break e if e = e[/(.)\1/]}
# => "oo"

or

["foo", "bar", "baz"].grep(/(.)\1/) {break $&}
# => "oo"

Updated by avit (Andrew Vit) almost 7 years ago

This is now implemented as yield_self

Close please?

Updated by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) almost 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Closed

avit (Andrew Vit) wrote:

This is now implemented as yield_self

Close please?

Yes. Closing.

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