You can delete all odd numbers from an array in Ruby, by using the Array#delete_if
method, for example, like so:
numbers = [5, 10, 26, 44, 75] numbers.delete_if { | item | item.odd? } print numbers #=> [10, 26, 44]
This would leave only even numbers in the original array.
You could also shorten this by using the &:
syntax, for example, like so:
print numbers.delete_if(&:odd?) #=> [10, 26, 44]
The Array#delete_if
method would mutate (i.e. modify) the original array. If you wish to instead return a new array with only even values (in an array of integers), then you can consider using the Array#select
method instead.
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