The second form creates a copy of the array passed as a parameter the array is generated by calling to ary on the parameter.
Ruby array sort.
It s also possible to sort in place using the sort.
Sort with blocks sort in descending order and sort in place.
The ruby sort method works by comparing elements of a collection using their operator more about that in a second using the quicksort algorithm.
You can also pass it an optional block if you want to do some custom sorting.
Ruby sort arrays use the sort method.
Ruby arrays can hold objects such as string integer fixnum hash symbol even other array objects.
Returns a new array.
This means that the original array will change instead of creating a new one which can be good for performance.
An array of sorted elements.
Ruby arrays are not as rigid as arrays in other languages.
In the first form if no arguments are sent the new array will be empty.
When a size and an optional default are sent an array is created with size copies of default take notice that all elements will reference the same object default.
Notice that sort will return a new array with the results.
The block receives two parameters for you to specify how they should be compared.
Once you have data in an array you can sort it remove duplicates reverse its order extract sections of the array or search through arrays for specific data.
Let us see an example.