Ruby | Array delete_at() operation

Array#delete_at() : delete_at() is a Array class method which deletes the arrays elements at the mentioned index. 

Syntax:  Array.delete_at()

Parameter:  index - value at specific index value to delete

Return:  deleted element, nil - if the index value is out of range

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# Ruby code for delete_at() method
  
# declaring array
a = [18, 22, 33, nil, 5, 6]
  
# declaring array
b = [1, 4, 1, 1, 88, 9]
  
# declaring array
c = [18, 22, nil, nil, 50, 6]
  
# delete
puts "delete : #{a.delete_at(5)}\n\n"
  
# delete
# prinitng if no such element is found
puts "delete : #{b.delete_at(0)}\n\n"
  
# delete
puts "delete : #{c.delete_at(20)}\n\n"

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Output :


delete : 6

delete : 1

delete : 




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# Ruby code for delete_at() method 


  


# declaring array 


a = ["abc", "nil", "dog"] 


  


# declaring array 


b = ["cow", nil, "dog"] 


  


# declaring array 


c = ["cat", nil, nil] 


  


# delete 


puts "delete : #{a.delete_at(1)}\n\n"


  


# delete 


# prinitng if no such element is found 


puts "delete : #{b.delete_at(10)}\n\n"


  


# delete 


puts "delete : #{c.delete_at(0)}\n\n"



















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Output : 


delete : nil

delete : 

delete : cat






    

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