Ruby Method of the Day - Array.last

Kelly McCauley — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:01:00 -0600

Signature

array.last            #=> object or nil
array.last(number)    #=> new_array

array.last returns the last element of array or it returns nil if array is empty. array.last(number) returns the last number elements of array or it returns an empty array if array is empty.

Examples

a = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"]

a.last        #=> "f"
[].last       #=> nil

a.last(0)     #=> []
a.last(1)     #=> ["f"]
a.last(4)     #=> ["c", "d", "e", "f"]
a.last(99)    #=> ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"]
[].last(10)   #=> []

Documentation Reference

Ruby version 1.8.6

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Ruby Method of the Day - Array.last

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