Ruby | Enumerable count() function

The count() of enumerable is an inbuilt method in Ruby returns the number of elements in the enumerable, or the number of elements that are equal to a given element, or the number of items which satisfies the condition in the given block.

Syntax: block.count { |obj| block } or block.count(element)

Parameters: The function takes a block or an item. If it does not takes any of both, then it returns the number of elements in the enumerable.

Return Value: It returns the count of elements.

Example 1:

# Ruby program for count method in Enumerable

# Initialize
enu = [12, 18]

# returns enumerator
res = enu.count

Output:

2

Example 2:

# Ruby program for count method in Enumerable

# Initialize
enu = [12, 18, 12]

# returns enumerator
res = enu.count(12)

Output:

2

Example 3:

# Ruby program for count method in Enumerable

# Initialize
enu = [12, 18, 16, 18]

# returns enumerator
res = enu.count { |el| el > 13}

Output:

3